Section 5: Information on housing unit
For Questions 16-20, please mark by observation and/or asking.
16. What is the type of housing unit?
[] 1 Conventional
[] 2 Improvised
[] 3 Mobile
[] 4 Other
Note:- The questions 16 - 20 require personal observation apart from interrogating the respondent.
Question 16: What is the type of the housing unit?
In Ethiopia the way housing units are built vary from place to place and, thus, the enumerator should seriously consider the description provided below in this regards.
1= Permanent housing unit:- A housing unit is said to be permanent if it is built from stone, bricks, hollow bricks or other materials to serve for many years.
2 = Temporary housing unit:- A housing unit is said to be temporary if it is built for temporary residence by using wood poles and with walls and roofs made from items such as cartoon, plastic sheet, corrugated iron, etc. An example of temporary housing unit could be a tent, if there are households residing in it. The enumerator should be very cautious not skip temporary housing units and the households residing in them.
3 = Mobile housing unit:- A housing unit is said to be mobile if it is built in such a way that the household residing in it can carry it from place to place. Housing units of nomadic people can be taken as an example.
4 = Others: - If the housing unit is different from the ones listed above, the enumerator should mark this code.