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

58.2 How many of the following goods do you own? Write down the number of these owned goods ("00" if the answer is none)

_ _ Phone lines [landlines]
_ _ Active GSM lines (SIM cards)
_ _ Land or plots
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Section 5: Goods owned by the household

This section provides information on the goods that household owns. Information on the households' owned goods, and that is normally part of the equipment of the spaces used for habitation [radio receptors, televisions, for example], must be obtained by referring to the households. Similarly, the information relative to rent is necessarily obtained by referring to the households.

The answers to questions that follow shall only be reported on the form number 1 used for the household.

58.2. Number of owned functional phone lines and lands/plots

Landline: A landline is a telephonic line, generally made of copper wires, linking the
subscriber's terminal, for example a telephone or fax post, to a public telephonic network, with a special connection to a telephonic standard. Even if around the world, the wireless phone has supplanted landlines, those remain nonetheless an important low cost mode of communication. Moreover, they serve as basis for internet access in the majority of the country, whether through the habitual line or trough numeric networks integrating internet services or a numeric access line.

Q: "How many landlines does the household unit have?"
Write down the declared number in the box reserved to that effect.

GSM line: In many countries, the mobile phone is becoming the main mode of communication. The numbers concerning mobile lines are thus fundamental indicators of the information society.

Q: "How many active GSM cards do members of this household have?"
Write down the declared number in the boxes reserved to the effect. This is the total number of GSM cards of all household members.

Lands/plots: This is the land ownership of the household, with or without a legal title.

Q: "How many lands does the household have?"
Write down the declared number in the boxes reserved to that effect.