National Census Committee
General Survey of the Population and Housing
R.G.P.H. 1988
Census Official Manual
Republic of Cote D'ivoire
Unity - Discipline - Work
Minister of Planning
Department of Statistics
Secretariat General of Census
Abidjan, September 1987
[Table of Contents omitted]
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This document was drafted to facilitate your work as a census official. It is simple and practical and gives you the skills you need to execute the census that you are responsible for carrying out.
You are provided with very useful instructions in the order of the questions you must ask. Difficult questions and touchy subjects are explained so that you will have no problems recording the answers. This is a valuable guide for you, so assimilate its contents.
This manual alone is not enough. This is why you are advised to contact the team leader or controller, who will help you resolve issues as the need arises.
Finally, the managers at all levels of this major operation count above all on your willingness to collect the best information in order to obtain knowledge of the population and housing in Cote d'Ivoire.
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The General Survey of the Population and Housing (GSPH) is intended to collect the information needed to determine the characteristics of the population of Cote d'Ivoire, such as its total workforce, its breakdown by age and sex, births, migrations, as well as housing characteristics.
It is a very important national operation, and the results will represent an indispensable basis for planning in various socio-economic sectors, especially in the areas of education planning, health programming, forecasting of economic activity, management of the national territory, etc.
The Council approved the census in which you are going to participate of Ministers on January 4, 1985.
It was promulgated by decree no. 86-390 of June 4, 1986, which created a National Committee, an Interministerial Trustee Committee, Local Committees, and a General Secretariat, a technical execution body directed by the Director of Statistics.
The law of June 7, 1951, on the obligation to answer and statistical confidentiality obligates you to keep all information you collect confidential under penalty of sanctions; in exchange, it obligates each person to answer all questions accurately and in full.
[Section 1.3 is a graphical representation of the hierarchy of the national census committee. This figure is omitted.]
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1.4 Organization of teams in the field
The personnel executing the work in the field are comprised of supervisors, controllers, team leaders, and census officials. They fall under the authority of the regional coordinator, who is responsible for managing the work at the regional level.
The Supervisor: He is responsible for the performance of the work in one (or more) department(s).
The Controller: He is responsible for the work performed in one (or more) Sub-Prefecture(s) and coordinates between the team leaders, census officials, and the administrative authorities on the one hand, and the supervisor, on the other hand.
The Team Leader (T.L.): He monitors, controls, and guides the work of the census officials. On average, each team leader is responsible for five census officials.
The Census Official (C.O.): He is responsible for counting the census district (CD) population to which he is assigned.
1.5 Division of the national territory
Cote d'Ivoire is divided into nine statistical regions:
- Each Sub-Prefecture (or each Municipality, in the case of the city of Abidjan) is subdivided into districts ranging in size between 900 and 1,100 people.
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2. General instructions for the census official
You need to know that:
- you must begin work by conducting a reconnaissance of your census district (CD) with the team leader on the day that will be indicated at the end of the training stage.
2.1 Role of the census official
Your role consists, after conducting reconnaissance of the CD:
- Actually visiting all households to collect information by properly completing the questionnaire in accordance with the instructions that you are given.
2.2 Behavior towards the population
The success of this census depends largely on the surveyed individuals, particularly their willingness to answer the questions. As a result, you must be aware that the quality of their answers depends on your behavior. You must also:
Present yourself to the households in the proper uniform;
Clearly explain the purpose of your visit, show your professional card, and, if necessary, your identification card;
Speak in a respectful and reassuring manner,
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adopting a friendly and understanding attitude, adapting to all situations, and accepting all forms of welcome; politely declining all offers of food or drink;
Not refuse to engage in pleasantries but refrain from engaging in discussions that distract from the purpose of your visit;
Do not visit households accompanied by a relative, friend, etc.;
Be polite and courteous towards the surveyed individuals;
Only ask the questions listed in the questionnaire;
Complete the questionnaire yourself. You are expressly prohibited from having others complete it. Know that you alone are responsible for the completed document;
In no case should you make promises or proposals to the population; rash words can have dangerous consequences, and you will be the first to experience the inconveniences;
Do not forget at the end of each interview to thank each surveyed person and emphasize that you may return to obtain more information;
Inform the team leader of any problem for which, there is no solution in the manual and report it, as necessary, in the section of the numbering sheet or questionnaire that is reserved for observations.
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2.3 Relationships with your superiors (team leader, controller, etc.)
The efficiency of your work depends on your willingness to collaborate with your team leader. He will direct you and help you carry out your tasks.
- In case of significant difficulties in the field, contact your team leader, who you must respect in all circumstances, like the other managers of the operation;
- Follow his advice, submit to him the completed questionnaires at every working visit, and take advantage of the opportunity to inform him of your needs regarding working materials for the next day.
Before beginning work each day, you must verify that your folder is complete.
You must have:
2.4.1 The instruction manual: This document will help you do your work; it contains useful information about how to complete the questionnaire and conduct yourself in the field.
2.4.2 The questionnaire: This is the key tool of the census on which you must enter the information given by the surveyed individuals.
2.4.3 The map of the census district (CD): This map will allow you to determine the boundaries of your census district in the field.
a. Definition of the census district.
The boundaries of the CD often correspond to natural obstacles (waterways, mountains, railroad tracks, etc.) and administrative boundaries. In the cities and sketched out core villages, the boundary of the CD actually runs through the middle of a road and/or near one of the major landmarks mentioned above.
b. Description of the census official's map
It allows you to establish the best itinerary to systematically cover every part of your CD.
This map may be:
The organizational plan of the camps in the core village or the city with the camps numbered;
The allotment drawing or sketch and the organizational plan of the camps;
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-The part of the map of the sub-prefecture containing the villages comprising the CD, etc.
Note: The list of camps is included in the official folder for a CD with camps.
[The following section contains the images of the symbols used on the map, and it is omitted.]
d. The content of the CD
If you are working in a rural environment, your CD may be comprised:
- Of the core village with all of the attached camps;
- Of a part of the core village, with the other parts comprising other CDs;
- With or without their attached camps;
- Of multiple villages with their attached camps;
- Of a core village with or without its camps and the camps of another nearby village;
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- Of camps only, etc.
This category includes the documents that contribute in some manner or another to the execution of the operation. These include:
a) The Census Official's folder
- In rural environments, the plan or sketch of the core village, the list of camps attached to the core village, the drawing of the itinerary to be used to visit the camps, etc. These elements, which the reconnaissance officials have drawn up, will allow you to situate the Census District.
- In an urban environment, the plan or sketch of the Census District and list of islands comprising the CD.
b) The Census Official's professional card
c) The numbering sheet of the buildings, dwellings, and households.
d) The census certificate
10 and older after surveying them. It is used for subsequent verifications.
e) The historical schedule
Use of this document is only recommended if the surveyed person now shows you a document indicating his/her age or if he/she does not know his/her date of birth or age.
A simple file folder in which you must store the properly completed questionnaires;
A simple file folder in which you must file the improperly completed questionnaires [illegible] the field;
Two blue pens and a bag where you must store all of the material above.
A workbook: You must record the day's work in this workbook and note any difficulties encountered as well as the meetings planned for the next day.
A draft notebook: This will allow you to outline the households (see the Note on page 33) before recording them in the questionnaire. You must use it because it will help you avoid making errors that have to be crossed out in the questionnaire.
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When making preliminary contact with a village in your Census District (CD.), you must ask the village chief or his representative if the number of camps belonging to the core village has changed since the reconnaissance officials did their work and whether or not they are easy to access. In any event, you must plan on using the services of a guide.
3.1 The numbering of buildings, dwellings, and households of the CD.
You must personally number all buildings, dwellings, and households in your CD. To carry out this important task, you must use the numbering sheet for the buildings, dwellings, and households.
This sheet, which is very useful during collection, contains a certain number of columns that you must complete as you carry out the numbering. The following information must be indicated on this sheet:
the number of the building;
the use of the building;
the number of the dwelling;
the number of the household;
the type of establishment;
the last name and first name of the head of the household;
the number of people in the household;
the number of people surveyed in the household;
your observations.
These numbers are the same as those you wrote on the facades of the buildings and doors of the households.
[Example form for number sheets for buildings, dwellings, and households omitted.]
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3.1.1 Numbering of the buildings
Definition: A building is a construction with a single tenant, regardless of its usage.
The building may be:
- a row house (like SOGEFIHA, SICOGI);
- an isolated home.
However, for the purposes of the numbering, a concession will be considered a building.
A concession is a construction formed by a group of contiguous or non-contiguous houses facing a central or non-central courtyard used to house one or more households.
Buildings are classified according to their use, as follows:
- Those used as offices, shops, etc. are indicated by the letter "S" (service);
- Buildings used as a dwelling place for households and other uses are identified by the letter "M" (mixed);
- Empty buildings are identified by the letter "E" (empty).
Numbering buildings are numbered in ascending order on the island.
You must write the number of the building very visibly on one of the exterior facades.
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After writing it, copy this number on your numbering sheet for buildings, dwellings, and households.
The building number consists of three parts:
- The second represents the building number.
- The third represents the capital letter designating the type of usage of the building.
Island no. / building no. / Capital letter for usage of the building.
[Example omitted.]:
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Definition: A dwelling is a distinct and independent place located inside a building used as a home by one or more households.
Numbering: Dwellings are numbered in ascending order on the island.
You must write this number on the front door frame or in a visible location. This number contains 3 digits and is written as follows:
Island no. / building no. / dwelling no.
After writing it, copy the number on your numbering sheet.
[Example omitted.]:
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a) Definition
Ordinary households: An ordinary household is defined as a group of individuals, who may or may not be related, who recognize the authority of the same individual, called the "head of the household," and whose resources are partly shared. They live in the same building. Note: A household may be comprised of a single person.
Special cases for ordinary households: Domestic servants are only household members when they sleep and eat there. A group of single people sharing a dwelling is considered: a household if they recognize the authority of the same person, who is the head of the household; separate households if they do not.
Collective households: a group of people who live under particular conditions. These individuals are often not bound together by family ties. Collective households are found in the following establishments: barracks, hospitals, boarding schools, university residence halls, hotels, insane asylums, orphanages, prisons, monasteries, convents and other religious communities, and living quarters on temporary work sites, etc. Note: In university residence halls, married students who live with their families are surveyed as ordinary households.
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You must enter the numbers on the front door frame door or in a visible location. The following numbers: Island no. / building no. / dwelling no. / Household no. After writing this number, copy it to the numbering sheet for buildings, dwellings, and households.
[Examples omitted.]
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After writing down these numbers, ask for the first and last names of the head of the household and enter them in the corresponding column.
Ask the head of the household to give you the number of people living in his household. Write this number in the corresponding box (Example 1: 7 people, Example 2: 12 people).
In the observations section, you must report any particular difficulties encountered during the numbering or collection phase, as applicable.
Comments
The numbering of buildings, dwellings, and households in your CD must be executed in ascending numerical order of the islands (see the summary example of the numbering for buildings, dwellings, and households).
Precautions
For apartment buildings, numbers must be assigned by the stairwell and level.
If the buildings, dwellings, or households are numbered, disregard these numbers and assign new numbers.
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If your CD comprises a core village and camps, always begin numbering with the core village and continue with the camps located on the same trail.
If you forget a household, dwelling, or building, you must assign a number to the forgotten household, dwelling, or building after the last number of the building, dwelling, or household; you must report this modification to the team leader and indicate it in the "Observations" column;
Subsequently, after all of the households in a building have been surveyed, write the initial "S" (which means that it has been surveyed) at the end of the number written on the exterior facade of the building and the numbering sheet (in the "Observations" column).
3.2 Numbering of the population in the CD
You must systematically visit all households in your CD to survey all persons found there, following the proper numerical order.
If your CD includes a core village and camps, you must start by surveying the population of the camps.
Note: You must number and survey all households of a camp before moving on to the next camp.
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[Examples of the numbering of buildings, dwellings, and households omitted.]
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4. Instructions on completion of questionnaire
4.1.1 Introduction in the household
Go to each household in your district by yourself; ask the head of the household or his representative to introduce you and explain the reasons for your visit as follows:
Never forget to show your professional card.
Once the introduction is complete and above all, after obtaining a favorable response from the head of the household (HH) or his representative, begin asking the questions, keeping the following principles in mind.
4.1.2 Principles to follow
- The order of pages and questions must be followed
- All questions must be answered. A slash (/) is an answer that means "not applicable."
In response to expressions such as "I don't know" or "I forget," insist upon obtaining answers to the questions.
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- Each answer must be entered in the appropriate place carefully.
Note any cases of individuals you cannot classify into a specific category and ask the team leader for a solution. Never invent or interpret the answers creatively;
- Legibly write in the appropriate place and do not erase; instead, cross out the incorrect answer;
- For pre-coded questions, clearly circle the code corresponding to the answer obtained;
- Never write anything in the tables used for the codification of the variables 22, 23, 24, 26, 31, and 33
- You must survey all members of households in your CD as well as anyone who spent the night there on the day preceding your visit (this includes tourists, businessmen, etc.) ;
- Double-counting (counting the same individual twice) and omissions (forgetting someone) are prohibited. That being said, do not forget to record babies, the elderly, and the sick, especially those who are hidden from visitors' view;
- If all household members are absent, continue your work normally at another household, but do not forget to return to this household any time during the census period until you encounter a member of the household who can provide you with information.
If, towards the end of the census period, you have not found any member of the absent household who can provide you with information, ask for instructions from the team leader.
- The quality of the answers depends upon how you ask the questions. Do not use technical terms. Ask the questions simply in a way that everyone can understand the theme. For example, you should not ask: "what is your residence status?" Instead, ask, "Did you sleep here last night?"
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- To the extent possible, you must insist on seeing all household members because this will allow you to verify the accuracy of certain responses (such as age).
- When an answer is known or obvious, do not ask the question. Example: When questioning a woman, do not ask her, "What is your sex"?
Remark: Any person present in a household that is not his own, who did not spend the night there, and who does not intend to remain there must not be surveyed in that household.
4.2 Presentation of the household questionnaire
The questionnaire that you are going to complete is used to survey both collective households and ordinary households.
It consists of 4 pages:
- On the second and third pages (inside of the questionnaire), the questions to ask each household member.
- On the fourth page: the questions to ask the head of the household (questions about fertility and housing).
All variables of the questionnaire are numbered.
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4.3 Completion of the household questionnaire
The questionnaire is completed either by writing the answers given by the surveyed individuals or by circling the number that corresponds to the appropriate response.
4.3.1 The first page: The identification characteristics and summary table
You complete this page line by line.
The identification characteristics
- Region: Write the name of the capital of the region in which your Census District (CD) is located.
- Department: Write the department's name where your CD is located and write its number in the corresponding table.
- Sub-Prefecture: Write the name of the Sub-Prefecture in which your CD is located and write its number in the corresponding table.
- Municipality: Write the municipality's name where your CD is located and write its number in the corresponding table.
- Village: Write the name of the village where the CD is located and write its number in the corresponding table.
A village is the whole comprised of the cofe village and the camps that belong to it. The core village is the central population cluster of the village.
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- Number of the Census District: Write the number indicated on your folder in the table reserved.
- Number of the island or camp: If you are carrying out the census on an island or camp, put a check in the corresponding box, then write the number of the island or camp in the table reserved for this purpose.
A camp: an isolated dwelling place or group of dwelling places generally built next to a farm. It always belongs to a core village.
- Building number: First, verify that the door number at the entrance of the building is the same as the number written on your numbering sheet for buildings, dwellings, and households. If there is a discrepancy, make the correction referring to the numbering system.
Then write the correct number in the box provided for this purpose.
- Dwelling number: First, verify that the number written on the door is the same as the number written on the numbering sheet of the buildings, dwellings, and households. If there is a discrepancy, make the correction referring to the numbering system.
Then write the number in the corresponding table.
- Household number: First, verify that the number written on the door is the same as the number written on the numbering sheet of the buildings, dwellings, and households. If there is a discrepancy, correct it by referring to the numbering system.
Then write the number in the table reserved for this purpose.
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- Establishment type (only for collective households)
Write the name of the establishment in which you are working and indicate the code of that establishment in the corresponding table:
[] 2 Hospitals, insane asylums, leper colonies, and Blue Cross centers;
[] 3 Prisons and correctional schools;
[] 4 Boarding schools, university residence halls, orphanages, and centers for the disabled;
[] 5 Living quarters on temporary work sites;
[] 6 Hotels, village inns, and administrative camps;
[] 7 Monasteries, convents, and other religious communities;
[] 8 Other (please specify).
Following the order of the sheets, assign a number to each sheet and write it in the corresponding box.
If a household comprises more than 7 people, another household sheet will be necessary. On the first page of this sheet, you must indicate all of the numbers written on the first page of sheet no. 1, except sheet no., which becomes 2, 3, 4, etc.
[Example omitted.]
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Write the total number of sheets used for the surveyed household in the corresponding box on the first page of each sheet.
[Example omitted.]
Write the address of the household as accurately as possible. This address must make it possible to find the surveyed household in the field.
In cities, indicate the neighborhood's name in which the household is located. [Example omitted.]
In rural areas: indicate the name of the neighborhood or camp or any other information making it possible to specify the household's address. [Example omitted.]
Comment: Never indicate a post office box (PO box) as the household's address.
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Total number of residents in the household
Write the total number of residents (present and absent) that you have surveyed in the household in the corresponding table. Only indicate this number when you have surveyed the entire household and completed the summary table.
Total number of people surveyed in the household
After surveying the entire household, write the total number of persons found (residents + visitors) in the corresponding table.
Summary Table
You must not complete this table until the entire household has been surveyed and you are sure that you have not forgotten anything.
You must complete it column by column.
First, the total number of male residents present (R.P)
Then the total number of female residents present
Finally, the total number of residents present of both sexes.
2nd column
The total number of male residents absent (R.A.)
The total number of female residents absent
The total number of residents absent of both sexes.
3rd column
The total number of male
Residents present and absent (R.P. + R.A.)
The total number of female residents present and absent
The total number of residents present and absent of both sexes.
The total number of female visitors and the total number of visitors of both sexes.
Note: When a household is surveyed on multiple sheets, only complete the summary table of the entire household on sheet no. 1
(the first).
Identification of the Census Official
- Indicate the date on which the household was surveyed.
- Sign the properly completed questionnaire.
- Write any observations, i.e., special issues you encountered in the household.
Note: Do not complete the questionnaire sections that are reserved for the team leader.
4.3.2 The inside of the questionnaire: data on the household
To complete the inside of the questionnaire, you must have:
- Read and fully understand the contents of this manual.
- If any points are unclear to you, ask your team leader for an explanation.
- Know the definitions perfectly and the meaning of the abbreviations used.
- The presence of the person you are surveying to obtain reliable information. If the head of the household is absent, speak with his representative to get the necessary information.
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- Ask each person to be surveyed to present an identification document (national identification card, birth certificate, passport, driver's license, etc.) in order to quickly obtain answers to questions regarding first and last names, date of birth, etc.
Carefully follow all instructions you have been given, especially regarding how to ask the questions.
a) Questions to ask all members of the household
The order number is comprised of three (3) digits. These digits indicate the individual's order number in the household.
Example: The order no. of the head of the household (HH) is 1 (one) and is written as follows: / 0 / 0 / 1
Assign a number to each household member in the indicated order, first documenting residents and then visitors.
For members of an ordinary household, the order is as follows:
[] 2 unmarried children of the HH whose mothers are no longer a part of the household (from the youngest to the oldest);
[] 3 the first spouse of the HH;
[] 4 the unmarried children of the first spouse born from a previous union (from the youngest to the oldest);
[] 5 the unmarried children of the first spouse and the HH (from the youngest to the oldest);
[] 7 the other spouses (again, according to the procedure followed for the first spouse);
[] 8 married children, their spouses, and their children living with them (according to the procedure followed for the HH and his spouses);
[] 9 the other relatives of the HH who typically sleep in his home and who recognize his authority, with their spouses and their children, as applicable;
[] 10 the domestic servants who eat and sleep in the household, as well as their spouses and children, as applicable;
[] 11 visitors.
Note: Take care not to forget anyone in the household. For this purpose, write all members of the household along with their residence status (Residents Present, Residents Absent, or Visitors), their relationship with the HH, and their date of birth or age on the draft pad before reporting them on the questionnaire and beginning to collect information about each of them.
Question 18: Last name and first names
Legibly print (upper case) on the dashed lines.
The last name and first names of the household members, starting with the HH and following the order indicated in question 17.
The surveyed person may have several last names and first names (customary name, nickname, former name). To the extent possible, only note the last name and first names indicated on the identification document; otherwise, insist on obtaining the real last names and first names.
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Write all household members (present, temporarily absent, and visitors) unless they are imprisoned, are away at boarding school, or attend school at other locations and reside there.
Everyone is either a resident or a visitor.
i - Resident:
Examples of individuals that recently arrived in the household:
recently married daughters;
students who have just gone back to school.
Present residents (RP): a resident is present when they have spent the night in the household the day before the Census Official's arrival.
The following individuals are also considered present residents, even if they did not spend the night in the household the day before the Census Official's arrival:
- uniformed individuals who are on duty (police officers, constables, customs officers, etc.);
- nurses, midwives, and doctors on duty;
- night workers and watchmen;
- women hospitalized in a maternity ward.
If the individual has been away from the household for more than six months, he/she must not be reported as a member of the household.
Sailors at sea must be surveyed as absent residents, regardless of the length of their absence.
ii - Visitors
Practical interview examples of residence status.
For all individuals present in the household at the time of the interview.
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How long have you been living in this household? "1 year"
In this case, circle code 1 = RP
How long have you been living in this household? "3 months"
How long do you intend to stay in this household? "I am moving permanently close to my plantation." In this case, circle code 1 = RP
How long have you been living in this household? "2 months."
How long do you intend to stay in this household? "1 month"
In this case, circle code 3 - VI.
Example 4
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How long has he been living in this household? "2 years."
Where is he at the moment? "He is at work."
In this case, circle code l = RP
How long has she been away from the household? "7 months."
In this case, do not include her in the household.
How long has he been away from the household? "4 months."
Will he be away for more than 6 months? "No"
In this case, circle code 2 = RA
Summary example for questions 17, 18, and 19 [Omitted.]
Ask the following question: "What is your relationship with the head of the household?"
Circle on the questionnaire the code corresponding to the answer given by the surveyed person or his/her representative.
[] 2 Spouse of the HH
[] 3 Child (son or daughter) of the HH or SP
[] 4 Parent (Father or Mother) of the HH
[] 5 Other relatives of the HH (brother or sister, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, cousin, grandfather or Grandmother, etc.)
[] 6 NR No relationship with the HH
Note: Children of the HH's spouse are sons or daughters of the HH, even if they are not his biological children.
Otherwise, for any other relative of the spouse, circle code 6 = NR.
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Circle the code corresponding to the appropriate response
[] 2 Sex, female
For those who are absent and for children, ask: is he a man (boy) or a woman (girl)? And circle the appropriate answer.
Question 22: Date of birth or age
Try to obtain as much precise information as possible (day, month, year). Check the civil status documents of the interviewed individuals, if they have any. The statement "around 1945" must be replaced with "1945" on the household questionnaire.
Do not convert an age into a year of birth: if you are told "42 years old," write "42 Y."
If the surveyed person has no idea of their age (or is too vague of an idea), ask them to show you someone who is in their age group (or generation) to allow you to estimate their age. Ask him/her if he/she remembers a particular event if he/she was a child when it occurred.
For individuals who show you an identification card (birth certificate, identification card, passport, driver's license, consular card, etc.), write the date of birth shown on the document under the coding table.
Otherwise, ask the question: "What is your date of birth"?
Write the answer given by the surveyed person, indicating the exact date of birth.
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Example:
For someone born in 1945, write 1945.
For those who do not know their date of birth, ask the question, "How old are you?"
Indicate the number of years, months, or days as a number, followed by the letter Y, M, or D, as applicable.
Example:
20 months, write 20 M
5 days, write 5 D
Insist on obtaining a date of birth or at least the year of birth. Do not accept the age only, whenever possible.
Ask the question, "Where were you born?"
Below the coding table, write the following, depending on the individual's answer:
The name of the village in which the person was born, with the name of the Sub-Prefecture or Municipality in which that village is located at the time of the census in parenthesis. [Example omitted]
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The name of the country in which the person was born outside of Cote d'Ivoire. [Example omitted]
Question 24: Place of residence in March 1987
Ask the following question: "Where were you residing in the month of March 1987?"
Then ask: "Was that residence in Cote d'Ivoire or abroad?"
Below the coding table, write the following, depending on the surveyed individual's answer:
For the Cote d'Ivoire:
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- The name of the Sub-Prefecture or the Municipality, if the individual was residing there in March 1987.
For foreign countries:
- The name of the country, with "rural" in parenthesis, if the person was residing in a village outside of Cote d'Ivoire in March 1987. Example: Burkina Faso (Rural)
Question 25: Marital status
Marital status indicates an individual's situation with respect to marriage.
He or she is considered "married" when they are in a union that was celebrated civilly or religiously or in accordance with the traditional rites.
After conducting the interview, as applicable, circle the code that corresponds to the situation of the surveyed individual.
The possible answers are:
[] CH = Cohabitation. An unmarried individual is considered to be "Cohabitating" if the union has lasted for at least one year.
[] M 2 = Man married to two spouses
[] M 3 + = Man married to three or more spouses
[] W = Married woman
[] S-D = Separated or Divorced. A person is separated when they are married but live separately from his/her spouse and have not gotten a divorce. A person is divorced when his/her marriage has been broken by divorce, and he/she has not remarried. If his/her former spouse died after the divorce, he/she is still considered divorced. A polygamist who divorces one of his wives is considered still married, not divorced.
[] W = Widow/Widower. A person is a widow/widower when his/her spouse has died, and he/she has not remarried. A polygamist who loses one of his wives is still considered married, not a widower.
How to conduct the interview about marital status.
For all individuals 12 years of age or older, ask, "Do you live with a woman (or a man?)."
If "Yes," ask: Have you celebrated your union civilly or religiously or in accordance with traditional rites?"
If "Yes"
3 = M l (Man married to 1 woman)
4 = M 2 (Man married to 2 women)
5 = M 3+ (Man married to 3 or more women)
If "No," circle the code 2 = CH.
If "No," ask: "Have you ever been married"?
If "no," circle the code 1 = S (single)
If "Yes," ask: "Are you separated or divorced from your spouse?"
If "yes," circle the code 7 = S-D (separated or divorced)
If "No," ask, "Are you a Widow/Widower?"
If "yes," circle the code 8 = W (widow/widower).
Question 26: Nationality (plus ethnicity for Ivorians)
Ask each individual you survey: "What is your nationality?"
For all Ivorians
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Example: For a Baoulé, write CI/Baoulé under the coding table
For an Abbey, write CI/Abbey under the coding table
Note: If the surveyed individual is a naturalized citizen, write CI/Naturalized.
For foreigners
For example, for the Burkinabe nationality, write Burkina Faso. For the French nationality, write France. If an individual has applied for naturalization but has not yet obtained it, write the name of his/her current country.
If an individual has multiple nationalities, write the nationality of his/her choosing.
If a person has no nationality, write "None."
Ask the following question: "What is your religion?" Circle the code that corresponds to the surveyed individual's answer.
[] 2 Protestant
[] 3 MU = Muslim
[] 4 AN = Animist
[] 5 HA = Harrist
[] 6 OR = Other religion
[] 7 NR = No religion
Note: The religion of young children is the same as that of the individual responsible for them at the time of the survey.
Question 28: Survival of the mother
Ask: "Is your mother still living?"
Circle the code corresponding to the appropriate response.
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
Question for persons age 6 and older.
An individual's education level is measured by the highest level that he/she has reached in his/her studies. This variable includes literacy, which is assessed by the ability to read or write in any written language.
Ask the following question, "Do you know how to read and write"?
- If "No," circle the code
If "Yes," ask, "Did you attend school?"
If "No," circle code
If "yes," ask, "What is the highest level of education you have attained?" and circle the code corresponding to the answer given by the surveyed individual:
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[] 4 PRI = Primary School - CP1 to CM2
[] 5 GS1 = General secondary school, cycle 1 - 6e to 3e
[] 6 GS2 = General secondary school, cycle 2 - Second to Final Year
[] 7 TPS = Technical or Professional Secondary education
[] 8 HI = Higher education.
Note: Individuals who have completed their education in languages other than French must be classified in categories equivalent to the level they have reached in those studies. In particular, individuals who received education in Arabic must not be systematically classified into the category KS (Koranic School).
Question 30: Employment status
Employment status refers to an individual's situation with respect to his/her economic activity. Anyone age 6 or above must be classified as "working" or "not working." Employed individuals (EM), individuals who have lost their job but are looking for another job (UE), and individuals seeking their first job (SK).
Other individuals are considered inactive (housewives, students or pupils, retirees, pensioners, those not working, and other unemployed individuals).
Depending on the answer given by the surveyed individual, circle the corresponding code.
Anyone age 6 or older who reports that they have performed paid or unpaid work at least 6 days during the 4 weeks prior to the Census Official's arrival is considered employed.
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However, individuals who are working at the time of the census are considered employed, even if they did not work during the reference period indicated above.
Note: In rural areas, farmers and their family helpers are employed (EM) even if the census is being conducted during a period of inactivity (between two harvests, for example).
Individuals who are suspended or on leave (illness or other reasons) at the time of the survey are considered employed (EM).
Individuals age 6 and older who used to work but who lost their job prior to the time of the census and are seeking a job are considered unemployed.
The date of last employment must not fall within the reference period.
In rural areas, employees (workers, farm laborers, etc.) who cannot find any work at the time of the census are considered unemployed (UE).
[] 4 HM = Homemaker. Any woman who exclusively does housework and raises children is a homemaker.
Note: A man or woman who performs housework for a salary is employed (EM). Example: servants, cooks, nurses, etc.
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A craftswoman (seamstress, potter, etc.) is considered employed, even if she takes care of the house.
A woman who cultivates a plot of land to assist her husband with farm work (especially in rural areas) or works in an income-generating business (such as a small shop in an urban area) is considered employed (EM).
[] 6 RET = Retiree. A retiree is an individual who officially no longer works and receives a retirement pension. The category "RET" (retiree) applies both to actual retirees (see definition) and to pensioners, i.e., those with private means that allow them to live without working. A retiree or a pensioner who also carries out an activity that earns him/her money or assists a relative with his/her work is "EM."
[] 7 NW = Not working. The category "NW" only applies to active duty military and inmates. These individuals are temporarily not working, but, in principle, they will work or seek work once they have been released.
[] 8 OT = other. This category includes the elderly, the disabled (individuals with a mental or physical disability that prevents them from working - those who work despite their disability are considered employed), and all those who cannot be classified into another category.
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Note: Girls between the ages of 6 and 8 who do not perform any economic activity are classified in the category "other."
How to conduct the interview on employment status
If the answer is yes, circle the code 1 = EM
If the answer is no, ask, "Have you worked in the past?"
If "yes" and their last date of employment falls within the reference period (at least 6 days during the 4 weeks prior to the Census Official's arrival), circle 1 = EM.
If "yes" and their last date of employment is prior to the reference period, ask "Are you looking for work?"
If "no," circle one of the codes corresponding to
The appropriate non-working category. (4 = HM, 5 = ST, 6 = RET, 7 = NW, 8 = OT).
If "no," circle one of the codes corresponding to the non-working category (4 = HM, 5 = ST, 6 = RET, 7 = NW, 8 = OT).
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Question 31: Current occupation
The occupation (or current profession) of an individual refers to the type of work that he/she reports that they do at the time of the census or that they previously did for at least 6 days during the last 4 weeks prior to the Census Official's arrival, regardless of the line of business.
For the unemployed, this refers to their last occupation. Example: Mason, driver, gardener, etc.
Note: The current occupation does not necessarily correlate with the professional training received.
Example: A mason by training may have as their current occupation "coal merchant"; A mechanic by training may have as their current occupation "cultivator," etc.
For the unemployed, as the question, "Describe your last job?"
Clearly indicate the surveyed individual's answer under the coding table.
Ask for as much detail as possible. Do not write:
"Collector"; instead, write Collector of Mail and Telecommunications, SOTRA, etc.
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"Driver"; instead, write driver of transport vehicles, driver of agricultural machinery, etc.
"Worker"; instead, write welder, woodworker, mason, etc.
"Supervisor"; instead, write personnel director, general director, etc.
"Artisan"; instead, write jeweler, rattan worker, etc.
This concerns the status of a person working in a job. A distinction is made between:
[] 2 SA = A salaried employee, which refers to an employed, working person who regularly receives a salary from a public or private employer in exchange for work performed. A remunerated apprentice is considered a salaried employee.
[] 3 CW = Contingent worker refers to an employed, working person who is paid as a function of the work performed. He/she does not receive a regular salary.
[] 4 IN = An independent worker is an employed, working person who works on his/her own behalf in a sole proprietorship. One or more family helpers may assist him/her.
[] 5 FH = A family helper is someone who works on behalf of a company or a farm belonging to a member of his/her family or the household to which he/she belongs. A family helper does not receive any salary but receives food and board in exchange for his/her work.
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[] 6 AP = Apprentice: An apprentice is someone who is learning a trade and does not receive compensation.
If "yes," ask "Do you employ and pay anyone in your company?"
If "yes", circle code 2 = SA
If "no," ask "Do you work for a relative without receiving a salary" or "Are you learning a trade?" or "Are you paid by the task (contingent work)?"
Depending on the answer, circle code 5 = FH or code 6 = AP or code 3 = CW.
This question concerns the activity of the establishment or company where the surveyed individual works. This activity corresponds to the type of goods and/or services produced by that establishment.
Example: Masonry, education, brewery, research, bakery, library, police, customs, finance, etc.
For a driver working in a hospital, write "Health."
For the interview, ask the following question: "What does the establishment you work at do?"
Clearly write the answer provided by the surveyed person under the coding table.
Note: A domestic worker's job category is "individual services." So in response to the question, "What does your company do?" write, "Individual services."
Questions to ask resident females ages 12 years and older
Women who are visiting the household are not concerned by this section of the questionnaire.
Question 34: Total number of live births
Ask the question, "How many live births have you had in your life?"
A live birth is a child who, at birth, demonstrated signs of life (crying, breathing, heartbeat, etc.).
Indicate the reported number in the total column. Note the number of boys in the male column and the number of girls in the female column.
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Question 35: Total number of children still living
Ask the following questions:
"How many of your male children are still living?" Indicate the reported number in the male column.
"How many of your female children are still living?" Indicate the reported number in the female column.
Question 36: Live births in the household during the last 12 months (March 1987 to March 1988)
Ask the question, "Have you had any live births during the last 12 months, meaning since March 1987 until today?"
Write the number of male children in the male column and the number of female children in the female column.
Note: Only the live births of the resident females surveyed should be considered; stillbirths and adopted children must not be counted.
4.3.3 The fourth page - Questions about fertility and housing.
These questions should be asked only of the head of the household or his representative.
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Questions 37 and 38 Live births in the last 12 months where the mother has died
This question completes the series of questions about fertility asked individually of resident females aged 12 years and older.
Do not forget to ask this question.
Ask the head of the household, "Have there been any live births in your household between March 1987 and today where the mother has died?"
If "yes," put a check in the box "yes" and write, by sex, the reported number in the table reserved for this purpose under question 38.
- If "no," put a check in the box marked "no" and a slash through question 38.
Questions about the home concern all of the buildings inhabited by a household and primarily the dwelling of the head of the household.
For each question, circle the code that corresponds to the correct answer. For questions involving numbers, legibly write the numbers reported by the head of the households in the appropriate tables.
Note: The housing characteristic in question only concerns the dwelling of the head of the household.
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Question 39: Total number of separate dwellings in the household
If the household occupies several separate dwellings (for example, a concession), ask the question, "What is the total number of separate dwellings in your household?"
Write the total number of separate dwellings in the household to the left of the corresponding table.
Question 40: Total number of rooms occupied by the household
Ask the question: "What is the total number of rooms occupied by your household?"
Write the total number of rooms occupied by the surveyed household in the corresponding table.
Personally observe the building in front of you and circle the appropriate type:
[] 2 Row house
[] 3 Apartment building
[] 4 Concession
Note that: A single home is a single-story or multi-story building comprised of a single dwelling.
A row house is a horizontal building with several dwellings inhabited by one or more households.
Adjoining duplexes must be classified as row houses.
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An apartment building is a tall building comprising several stories divided into dwellings.
A concession is a building comprised of a series of contiguous or non-contiguous houses facing a central courtyard used to house one or more households.
Question 42: Nature of the walls
Ask the head of the household the question, "What are the walls of your home made out of?"
According to the answer, circle one of the following codes:
[] 2 Other plant material
[] 3 "Banco" or clay
[] 4 Semi-hard (clay bricks with joints in cement or banco covered with cement, etc.)
[] 5 Hard (stone, cement bricks, concrete, etc.)
[] 6 Other (please specify)
Question 43: Nature of the roof
Ask the question, "What is the roof of your home made out of?"
According to the answer, circle one of the following codes:
[] 2 Sheet metal
[] 3 Concrete
[] 4 Other (please specify)
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Question 44: Nature of the floor
Ask the question, "What is the floor of your home made out of?"
According to the answer, circle one of the following codes:
[] 2 Hard floor (wood, cement, tile, marble, concrete, etc.)
[] 3 Other (please specify)
Question 45: Characteristics of the sanitation facilities
Ask the question for each of the types of facilities listed below, one after the other, until you obtain the right answer.
[] 2 Non-flushing toilet inside home
[] 3 Flushing toilet in courtyard
[] 4 Non-flushing toilet in courtyard
[] 5 Latrine in courtyard
[] 6 Latrine outside of courtyard
[] 7 Outdoor sanitation area without facilities
Example: Do you have a toilet inside your dwelling?
If "yes," circle 1 = Flushing toilet inside the house.
If "no," ask the question, "Do you have a flushing toilet in the courtyard?"
If "yes," circle 3 = Flushing toilet in the courtyard.
If "no," continue to ask the questions until you obtain the right answer.
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Ask the head of household the following question.
How is your household usually supplied with water? Circle the code corresponding to the appropriate response.
[] 2 Village pump
[] 3 Well
[] 4 Spring, stream, creek
[] 5 Other (please specify)
Ask the head of the household, "What method does your household usually use for lighting?"
Circle the code that corresponds to the right answer.
[] 2 Lamp
[] 3 Wood Fire
[] 4 Electricity + Lamp
[] 5 Lamp = Wood fire
[] 6 Other (please specify)
Ask the question, "How do you normally cook your meals?"
Circle the code that corresponds to the right answer.
[] 2 Charcoal
[] 3 Gas
[] 4 Wood and charcoal
[] 5 Gas and charcoal
[] 6 Gas and wood
[] 7 Other (please specify)
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Question 49: Household appliances
Ask the question, "Do you have a working radio, refrigerator, or television?" and circle the code that corresponds to the answer given.
If the household possesses two or three appliances simultaneously, circle the corresponding code, as applicable.
[] 2 Radio
[] 3 Refrigerator
[] 4 Television
[] 5 Radio and refrigerator
[] 6 Radio and television
[] 7 Refrigerator and television
[] 8 Radio, refrigerator, and television
If the head of the household has no household appliances, but another member who resides in his household does, circle the corresponding code as applicable.
Question 50: Occupation status of home
Ask the following question, "Are you the owner of this home?"
If "no," ask "Are you the tenant?"
If "no," ask "Is this employee housing?"
If "yes," circle code 3 = Employee housing.
If "no", circle code 4 = Other (please specify).
For all individuals residing in homes under bailment, circle the code 3 = Employee housing.
This question must only be asked of tenants. Ask, "How much are you paying in rent per month?" Indicate the amount in CFA francs in the table reserved for this purpose.
Example: For rent of 25,000 F.CFA per month, write / 0 / 2 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 /
4.4 Survey of collective households
A collective household is a group of people who live under particular conditions. These individuals are often not bound together by family ties. Collective households are found in the following establishments:
Hospitals
Insane asylums
Leper colonies
Boarding schools
University residence halls
Living quarters on temporary work sites
Hotels
Monasteries
Convents and other religious communities, etc.
Note: These establishments also house ordinary households.
These are individuals living in employee housing inside an establishment.
Example: Director, doctor, professor, security personnel, military officers and enlisted personnel, individuals residing in hotels with their family, etc.
You must not survey these individuals as members of the collective household.
You must endeavor to obtain answers to the questions as much as possible.
If your Census District includes one or more collective households, you must always start the numbering with the ordinary households. Only after finishing with the ordinary households should you survey the collective households.
First, approach the managers of the establishments a few days before you are done surveying the ordinary households and make an appointment with them to begin work in their establishments.
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Take that opportunity to ask the managers to collect all documents that you need to complete the questionnaire (entry register, records of the inhabitants of the household, etc.) or, otherwise, inform the household members so that they can make arrangements to answer your questions.
4.4.2 Completion of the questionnaire
Because the questionnaire is the same for all households, it is completed the same way for ordinary households and collective households.
The principles to follow, the manner in which to ask the questions, and the manner in which to record the answers are the same as for ordinary households.
Insist on obtaining answers to all of the questions. If, despite your insistence, you do not obtain an answer to a question, draw a diagonal line.
For the fertility and housing sections, the questions must be asked exclusively of the director or manager of the establishment.
The information collected about the housing must concern the primary dwelling of the collective household.
Addendum to the census official manual
[Page numbers are not in order.]
Numbering of the buildings, dwellings, and households
Page 15 [See Census Official Manual]
A household may only occupy a single building.
When members of a household occupy two buildings distant from each other, they constitute two households.
An empty building is a building in which construction is complete but is not occupied.
On an island, it is not necessary to write the island number on all of the buildings. The Census Official may simply write on the buildings located at each island corner. The other buildings will only be assigned the number corresponding to them and the letter designating their usage.
In urban areas, common courtyards are considered a building.
When a household occupies two dwellings, only the characteristics of the dwelling of the head of the household are recorded.
If a new camp is discovered, the Census Official must inform the team leader, who will assign a number to this camp after the last camp number.
When numbering the buildings, dwellings, and dwellings [sic], whenever the Census Official discovers that a camp no longer exists, he must not erase the number of this camp from the list or assign it to another camp. He must report this modification to the team leader and indicate it in the "Observations" column.
If the buildings, dwellings, or households already have numbers, the Census Official must erase them and number them again.
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For a CD comprised of small villages, the Census Official must number and survey all households of one small village before moving on to the next small village.
Page 39 [see Census Official Manual]
The Census Official must note in the section of the questionnaire reserved for "observations" if the difference in age between an ascendant and his/her first descendant is not the minimum age applied in the manual.
Note - A father who is less than 15 years older than his first child. A mother who is less than 12 years older than her first child.
Page 51 [see Census Official Manual]
Question 31: Current occupation
The decision was made only to consider the political function reported by individuals occupying seats in the political bodies of the country. The persons concerned are: Representatives, Mayors, Economic and Social Advisors, General Party Secretaries, and Municipal Councilors. It is out of the question to ask them other questions to determine if they have another profession.
The job level relates to the current occupation. For example, a couple in which the husband declares he is an office clerk and the wife a lollipop merchant who employs remunerated sellers. In this case, all of the levels except "Employer" may apply to the husband, while the wife [illegible] "Employer."
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An individual who has done paid work at a form for one year is considered an "employee" and not a contingent worker.
The work sector of individuals working in specialized services is the service or good produced by the establishment. However, the work sector of individuals working in the administration of these services is "administration."
Example: A work sector of a doctor in a dispensary or hospital is "health," while the work sector of his colleague on the Cabinet of the Ministry of Health and Population is administration.
Page 54 [see Census Official Manual]
Experience has shown that the columns for the total number and the number by sex do not always result in the same number.
For this reason, trainers must emphasize this issue and consequently give firm instructions to the Census Officials to ask the three mandatory filtered questions of women aged 12 and older.
Number of boys.
Number of girls.
In no case may the Census Official determine an answer by calculating the difference if the total number of children and one of the numbers by sex is known.
Question 36: Live births in the last 12 months
The Census Official records live births occurring in the household in the last 12 months before his visit. To a large extent, this prevents the telescoping effect.
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For example, if the Census Agent visits a household on March 30, 1988, he would record births occurring during the last 12 months, starting from March 30, 1987. If the survey takes place on March 21, 1988, he would record births occurring after March 21, 1987, etc.
Question 51: Monthly amount of rent
Page 62 [see Census Official Manual]
When several households occupy the same dwelling, the total number of dwellings is equal to one, the total number of rooms is all of the rooms of the dwelling, and the monthly amount of the rent is the monthly cost of the dwelling.
For a household that occupies multiple dwellings, the monthly amount of the rent is the total monthly cost of the dwellings.
If several households occupy the same dwelling, the monthly amount of the rent for a household is the monthly cost of this dwelling.