1. Dwelling type:
Observe and record
Private dwellings
[] 1 Independent house
[] 2 Apartment
[] 3 Room in a bunkhouse or in the back of the premises
[] 4 Room in barracón
[] 5 Housing shared with business
[] 6 Premises not intended for habitation
[] 7 Other type of private dwelling
Collective dwellings
[] 8 Hotel, pension or guesthouse (go to Section V)
[] 9 Military quarters (go to Section V)
[] 10 Prison (go to Section V)
[] 11 Hospital or health center (go to Section V)
[] 12 Religious institution or boarding school (go to Section V)
[] 13 Other type of collective household (go to Section V)
[] 14 Homeless (go to Section V)
Question 1. Dwelling Type: observe and record
Mark the type of dwelling that you observe, fill out the oval that represents the code for the corresponding household type.
If the housing type corresponds to one of the categories under collective dwellings, fill out the appropriate oval and skip directly to Section V: List of Household Members. In case that the interviewee is a person without housing, proceed in the same way, in other words, fill out the oval that corresponds to option 14, and then move on to Section V.
In this section there are two concepts that are important to understand before learning more about how to fill out the census survey. These two concepts are the meaning of dwelling and collective dwelling.
1. A dwelling is that which is inhabited by one or more people; In a given dwelling, there can be one or more household.
Dwellings are classified as:
1. Independent house
2. Apartment
3. A room in a bunkhouse or in the back of household
4. A barrack
5. House shared as a business
6. A place not designated for housing
7. Other type of household
2. A collective dwelling is designed to be inhabited by a group of people without family ties, who live together due to health, work, religion, study, specific discipline, as guests, etc. In this respect, a collective dwelling does not have a head of household.
Collective dwellings typically consist of the following types:
1. Hotel, hostel or guest house
2. Military quarters
3. Prison
4. Hospital or health center
5. Religious institutions, boarding schools, or retirement homes.
6. Other type of collective dwelling
For collective dwellings, you do not need to fill out Section III: Dwelling Identification or Section IV: Dwelling Characteristics.
People without housing are those who occupy spaces without walls, with ceilings made from random materials and have an independent entrance. These are people who sleep "wherever the night falls", under a bridge, on the porch or hallway of a building, in the open air, under a tree, in a cave or other type of place that is not a designated household.
In the case of people without housing, you should not fill out Section III: Household Identification or Section IV: Household Characteristics.