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Dwelling Unit Characteristics
[Questions 43-56 were asked of all households]

43. Construction type

[] 1 Isolated house
[] 2 Compartmentalized house
[] 3 Villa
[] 4 Building (multiple story house)
[] 5 Isolated case (traditional dwelling)
[] 9 Other (specify) ____

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Section 4: Habitation Characteristics

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:

[] 1. Isolated house
[] 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.