Housing features and amenities
39. Type of construction
[] 1 Modern villa
[] 2 Simple house
[] 3 Row house
[] 4 Apartment in a building
[] 5 Plot
[] 6 Traditional hut
[] 7 Shack
[] 8 Other, specify ____
6.3.1- Features and amenities of the dwelling of an ordinary household
The questions about housing pertain to the characteristics and amenities of the household's dwelling, or of its primary dwelling, in the event that the household occupies several buildings for residential use. However, in regard to the number of rooms available or occupied by the household, all residential rooms located in the building or buildings occupied by the household for residential use are to be taken into account.
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For each question, circle the code that matches the correct answer. For questions involving numbers, legibly write the numbers declared by the head of household in the appropriate grids.
Note: Details must be provided when the "Other, specify" option is selected. In cases where the answer to a question is visible (Questions 39, 41, 42), do not ask the question.
Question 39: Type of construction
Look carefully at the characteristics of the head of household's dwelling (the main dwelling) and enter the category that best fits the type of dwelling in front of you:
[] 1 Modern villa
[] 2 Simple house
[] 3 Row house
[] 4 Apartment in a building
[] 5 Compound/Common Courtyard
[] 6 Traditional hut
[] 7 Shack
[] 8 Other, specify
Note that:
- A villa is a modern, comfortable residential home, usually large and fenced, with or without a yard. It may have multiple stories, duplex or triplex.
- A simple house is a single- or multi-story permanent construction building consisting of a single dwelling.
- Row housing is a succession of dwellings constructed horizontally and contiguously. The building may be inhabited by one or more households.
Note: Adjoining duplexes must be classified among the row houses.
- An apartment building is a high-rise building (multi-story housing) with several levels divided into dwellings.
- A traditional hut is a residential home usually built from local materials (straw, adobe, wood, bamboo, etc.).
- A shack is a makeshift dwelling, built from salvage materials (old sheet metal, planks, cardboard, etc.).