"Household - - Dwelling Unit" Questionnaire
B: Dwelling Unit
Dwelling type
[] Traditional (clay)
[] Modern
[] Villa or villa-level
[] Apartment building
[] Building within an establishment
[] Other (specify) ________
B. How to fill out the form "Household- Dwelling unit"
Section B: Dwelling Unit
If a household occupies several buildings or several apartments, the physical characteristics to be reported are those of the apartment or building occupied by the head of household (type of roof, floor, and lighting). However, the number of rooms to be reported in column (g) is the total number of rooms used by the household.
Dwelling type
The census agent must inspect the building in which the head of household resides, define its type, and check the corresponding box.
The census agent shall choose the box Traditional for buildings made of one type of material typically found in the countryside (generally, clay, bamboo, straw, etc.) [Examples are not presented here.]
The Modern box is for contemporary buildings found in cities (generally constructed with bricks and tiles or sheet metal). This is the case of buildings seen in the neighborhoods of the city of Cotonou. Houses with several stories are not classified as "modern."
Villa or similar housing: Include in this category any building of high standing with a fence and generally having a green area in the enclosure. A villa can be an ordinary or a one-story building. A villa is generally occupied by one household. This is the case of houses that are found in residential areas [Cotonou, Parkou, etc].
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Apartment building: It includes buildings with several stories containing several apartments.
Building within institutions: Classify under this term buildings, with or without several stories, housing collective households.
Other: This includes all other types of buildings not defined above, in addition to other types of entities not originally destined for housing, such as stores, garages, caves, tents for tourists, etc.