A large percentage of spots in many schools were reserved for the children of martyrs and having a martyr in the family gave a job applicant an edge against other applicants.[16] Families of war martyrs were given certificates of martyrdom at the event of their child's death which gave them discounts for groceries and clothes.[17] Societies were set up for the sole purpose of helping the families martyrs or the "living martyrs" who were injured during the Iran/Iraq War.