Section IV - Household characteristics

10. This household (or part of it) is:

Question 10. This dwelling (or the part of it that is occupied by the household) is??
This question gathers information about the classification of ownership of the household and what proportion of the household is: owned, paid off, owned and paying mortgage, rented, borrowed or given, other. This information will serve as a base in order to establish the relation of housing and ownership throughout the country.
Read all the options to the informant clearly and slowly, and then fill in the correct code answered by the informant. If the answer does not work for any of the options from 1 to 4 . Then fill in code 5 "Other".
Owned, completely paid off, is a household acquired by the head of household or other household member and it is completely paid off.
Owned, paying mortgage is a household acquired by the head of household or other household member, but he/she is still paying the mortgage. This is commonly the case of houses financed by the bank, especially in urban zones.
Rented is the household where the head of household or other member pays a monthly rent to live in all or part of the house.
Borrowed or given is the household that has been given as part of a salary or borrowed for free to a relative, friend or someone close to the family.

Other refers to any other situation in which a house is used, under any other form of ownership different from the ones previously mentioned.