Codes and Frequencies
| Code | Label |
benin
2013
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isolated house | 57,528 |
| 2 | Compartmentalized house | 89,163 |
| 3 | Villa | 2,426 |
| 4 | Building (multiple story house) | 2,687 |
| 5 | Isolated case (traditional) | 27,789 |
| 6 | Other | 701 |
| 9 | Unknown | 327 |
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Description
This variable indicates the dwelling type.
Universe
- Benin 2013: All households
Availability
- Benin: 2013
Questionnaire Text
[Questions 43-56 were asked of all households]
43. Construction type
[] 2 Compartmentalized house
[] 3 Villa
[] 4 Building (multiple story house)
[] 5 Isolated case (traditional dwelling)
[] 9 Other (specify) ____
This section gives information on the characteristics of the household's lodging.
In the case where a more than one questionnaire is used for the household, the answers to the questions on the habitation's characteristics shall only be noted on form number 1 used for the household.
43. Construction type
The modality codes for this variable are:
[] 2. Strip house [compartmentalized]
[] 3. Villa
[] 4. Building [house with floors]
[] 5. Isolated case [traditional habitat]
[] 9. Other [specify]
Isolated house- This is a building that is used for habitation/lodging and that is not linked to any other construction.
Strip house [compartmentalized]- Compartmentalized building that can serve as housing for several households.
Villa- This is a house with definitive material and having certain standing dispositions [gate, garden, sometimes pool..]. This is the case of houses that are found in residential zones in Cotonou, Porto-Novo, Parakou, etc.
Apartment building [with floors]- Building with several floors and levels, and that are divided into apartments.
Isolated case [traditional habitation]- Hut, habitation made of straw, bamboo, leaves, or clay and that is not linked to any other construction. Example: Paillotes in the South, hut, Tatas in the North, houses on stilts.
Integrated variables
- None