Section B: Housing questionnaire

I. Type of building
(Circle the number corresponding to the type of housing occupied by the household.)

III. Demographic Units

48. A building is an independent construction having one or several rooms and other areas, covered by a roof and generally bounded by exterior walls shared walls extending from the foundation to the roof.

49. However, a building may also be constituted by a roof sustained by any type of structure, without any permanent wall. A hut or a shelter may be a building, as it is the case for a detached house or an apartment building.

12. Type of Building (TyB)
78. When the household occupies several buildings or several apartments, the characteristics about the Dwelling Unit to record are those of the building or apartment inhabited by the head of household. It is a question of the following characteristics: the nature of the exterior walls and the ceiling, the layout/appearance of the terrain; type of lighting and water use and supply.

79. After observing, or visiting, the building inhabited by the household head, the census enumerator (AR) will define the type of building (according to the criteria displayed below), and mark the corresponding box. The following types are differentiated:

80. The census enumerator (AR) will place in this category the detached buildings, which are typical of the ones seen in rural areas. They are generally of circular shape, with walls made of adobe [banco] or bamboo, and with a thatched roof.


81. This category includes huts whose walls are made of brick (or stone) and whose roof is most often made of something other than straw: sheet metal, tile, cement, etc. However, note that a hut with a sheet metal roof is not necessarily a modern hut, just as a hut with a straw roof is not necessarily a traditional one. In any case, common sense and characteristics others than that of the roof will allow one to specify whether this is a traditional or a modern hut.


82.This is a single detached house, with only one floor, and which holds several dwelling units, usually with 2 or 3 rooms, often labeled "one bedroom and a living room" for the 2-rooms apartments, or "two bedrooms and a living room" for the 3-rooms apartments.


83. Classify under this item all high standing buildings, enclosed by a fence, and usually inhabited by one single household. A detached house may be a simple ordinary building or one with a single floor. This is the case for houses found in residential neighborhoods, or on the sea shore.


84. This is a detached house, with surrounding small outbuildings (usually in the backyard), which are used as lodging by the household members.


85. These are buildings with several floors, which include in whole, or in parts, several apartments or dwelling units.


86. Use this heading to classify all other types of buildings which do not correspond with any category defined above (paragraphs 80-85); and specify the type.