Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling
1. Type of dwelling
Mark based on observation.
Private
[] 1 House / hut / pahuichi
[] 2 Apartment
[] 3 Individual room(s)
[] 4 Improvised dwelling
[] 5 Premises not intended as a dwelling
Collective
[] 6 Collective dwelling (Hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, barracks, etc.) [Go to Chapter F]
No dwelling
[] 7 In transit [Go to Chapter F]
[] 8 Person living on the street [Go to Chapter F]
Chapter B. Main characteristics of the dwelling
Dwelling
A dwelling is any structurally separate and independent premises or enclosure that was built, converted, or set up for permanent or temporary housing of one or more people. A dwelling must have direct access from public spaces (plazas, streets, avenues, etc.) or from common spaces (hallways, patios, staircases) without passing through another dwelling.
1. Type of dwelling
The type of dwelling has three possible categories: private dwelling, collective dwelling, and no dwelling.
Private dwelling
This is a dwelling meant as permanent or temporary housing for a person or group of people, with or without family ties, who live as a family and typically share their meals.
Private dwellings are classified as follows:
- House/hut/pahuichi. This is a freestanding dwelling covered by a roof, with exterior walls, with direct access from public areas.
- Apartment. This is a dwelling located inside a building along with others of the same type, accessed from common spaces, hallways, corridors, or other direct access points.
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Generally, apartments have a water supply and their own private basic services.
- Individual room(s). Part of a house or tenement building occupied by a household at the time of the census. In general, individual rooms share a water supply and toilets with other households.
- Improvised dwelling. This is an enclosure or shelter adapted for use as a dwelling. Usually, improvised dwellings lack bathrooms and kitchens, and are built with scrap materials such as cardboard, tinplate, boards, plastics, and so on. Examples of improvised dwellings include chujilla huts, anaca tents, awnings, canopies, and railroad cars.
- Premises not intended as a dwelling. This category includes sheds, garages, barns, warehouses, caves, natural refuges, stalls, and so on, that are inhabited at the time of the census.
Collective dwelling
A collective dwelling is one intended as permanent or temporary housing for a group of people generally not related to each other, who live together for reasons of discipline, education, religion, health, work, or some other reason. Collective dwellings include hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, boarding schools, jails, barracks, and hotels.
No dwelling
This category includes people in transit as well as people living on the street.
- People in transit are those who are passing through a census site and who have a different usual residence; examples include people who, on the night before Census Day, slept at bus terminals, border checkpoints, fairs, and similar places.
- People who live on the street are those who have no dwelling and wander the streets.
The entry for type of dwelling is obtained by observation, and indicated by marking the appropriate circle or bubble.