The Interview Subjects
Tuesday, 05 May 2009 18:17 | 
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The interview subjects for this project reflect some of Kyrgyzstan’s diversity. They include native-born Kyrgyzstanis and immigrants, Muslims and Christians, farmers and urban professionals, and a range of ethnicities:
–The average age of the interview subjects was 75. Most of them – 77 percent – were born before the Soviet Union entered World War II. A few of them – 9 percent – were born before the Soviet Union even existed.
–About 57 percent of the interview subjects were men and 43 percent were women.
–About 51 percent of the interview subjects were Kyrgyz; 20 percent were Russian; 11 percent were Uzbek; 6 percent were Tajik; and 11 percent were other ethnicities.
–About half the interview subjects were from rural backgrounds and half were from urban backgrounds.
–About 40 percent of our interviews were conducted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital and largest city. The remaining 60 percent ofthe interviews were conducted: in the region around Bishkek; in rural Batken province in southern Kyrgyzstan; in Osh – Kyrgyzstan’s second city, on the edge of the Fergana Valley – and the surrounding area; in the region around alpine Lake Issyk-Kul; and in mountainous Talas, in the western part of the country.
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