11. Private dwelling

12. Collective dwelling ____

In this section of the form we try to identify the type of building in which the enumerated dwelling is located, and if it is part of a private dwelling, or if it constitutes a collective dwelling. Therefore, the first step that the enumerator should take consists in identifying the type of dwelling and the census household. In the private dwelling there are three types of structures that are exclusively for housing: separate house, apartment house, and neighborhood house. Separate house includes rural rustic houses, shacks, shanties, and any other type of dwelling such as trailer, tent, etc., that is used for private dwelling and that constitutes a unit separated from the other similar units.

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In most of the cases, it is an individual house inhabited by one census household, so you will mark the small box 1 with an X. In the line "other" you will note any other dwelling unit that is not included in any of the previous types and which are dwellings included inside buildings that are basically not destined for dwellings (such as factories, stores, schools, etc.), although the enumerated unit does (guardian, owner, or watchman house, etc.). In any case, next to the word "other" you will note the type of building to which the dwelling belongs to (factory, workshop, store, market, etc.).

For the identification of the collective dwelling, in addition to marking the small box with an X, there is an open line with the number 11 for indicating the class of institution; for example: Hospital San Juan de Dios, boarding house, Meson Central, Camp of a Company, barracks, etc.