Section E
[Housing]
(Circle response)
6. Type of housing unit
[] 01 Detached house
[] 02 Lolwapa
[] 03 Semi-detached
[] 04 Town house/terraced
[] 05 Flat
[] 06 Servants quarter
[] 07 Part of commercial
[] 08 Shack
[] 09 Movable
[] 10 Rooms
Column E6: Type of Housing Unit
This question refers to the housing unit in which the household you are enumerating lives. You will probably be able to answer this yourself simply from observation.
There are different types of housing units, identified and listed below. Circle the appropriate code for the household you are enumerating:
1 Detached House: This is a building that stands on its own, without sharing a wall with any other building. In many cases a detached house will also be fenced. A traditional hut standing on its own is to be classified as a lolwapa.
2 Lolwapa: A lolwapa is a residential place comprising one or more huts and/or other structures which are fenced together. Such malwapa are mostly found in rural areas.
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3 Semi-Detached House: This is a building that shares a wall with just one other building, but which has its own separate entrance. It may be one or two stories high.
4 Town/Terraced House: This is a building, in a group of many others sharing walls on two sides; each building has its own entrance, and the building may be one, two or even three stories high. A "town house" does not mean a ''.house in town". Note that the last unit at-the end of a Town/Terraced House is not classified as Semi-Detached.
5 Flat: This is a unit of accommodation in a building. The building itself will usually have a main entrance and each flat will also have its own separate entrance; the building is usually 2 or more stories high, but each flat forms part of just one story or floor.
6 Servants' Quarter: This is a building that is specifically assigned for the use of domestic staff; the building may stand alone, it may be part of a garage or it may sometimes be connected to the main house by means of a covered corridor or common wall.
7 Commercial Building: Sometimes part of a commercial building is used as residential quarters, particularly by small shopkeepers. Factory buildings may occasionally be used as housing units either by security personnel or staff of building contractors.
8 Shack: This is a temporary shelter built of remnants of packing materials, e.g. cardboard boxes, polythene sheets, etc. Shacks are mostly found in urban areas.
9 Movable: This is a housing unit which can be transported from place to place either as a unit or in component parts. Examples are tents, tin-huts, portacamps, caravans, etc.
10 Room(s): In urban areas, particularly on SHHA plots and on low-cost plots, rooms in a building are sublet to tenants. Sometimes additional rooms are built on the plot for letting purposes.
In the sample questionnaire in paragraph 139, the Mulemba household lives in a lolwapa. Code 2 is circled.