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115. Type of housing unit
[] 1 Dar
[] 2 Apartment
[] 3 Villa
[] 4 Barracks
[] 5 Hair tent / tent
[] 6 Establishment / work place
[] 7 Under construction
[] 8 Other (specify) ____
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Type of residence which is one of the following types:
[] 1 House: (see the definition of the type of building on page 4)
[] 2 Apartment: part of a building; it consists of one room or more, with special amenities for it. It has one entry or more that leads to all its contents.
[] 3 Villa (see definition of the type of building on page 4)
[] 4 Barrack (see definition of the type of building on page 4)
[] 5 Hair tent (see definition of the type of building on page 4)
[] 6 Work place: places used by employees for sleeping. Examples for that are gas stations, workers in construction sites, and such.
[] 7 Under construction (see definition of the type of building on page 4)
[] 8 Other: includes hut, cave, and gorge or places like that.


Question 115 - the type of housing unit:
In most cases the enumerator determines the type of the housing unit by looking at it. It could either be a house, a flat, a villa, a barrack, a hair tent/tent, etc... The housing unit could be occupied at the time of the census. It could be available for rent. It could be closed or empty or under construction. It is important that the enumerator makes sure that the housing unit was originally designed for human residence regardless of whether it was occupied at the time of the census or not. In this case, the enumerator records the code of response that applies in the appropriate place.
It is worth noting that there are workers in some establishments, plants, and factories who spend the night in their work places. It is prevalent among non-Jordanian nationalities where the individual sleeps in his work place knowing that it is not for sleep. A special classification was provided for this type of housing units. It is called "work place". Therefore, it is required of the enumerator to ask, when visiting business and industrial plants or any other type of plant, whether there are individuals who sleep in these plants after the end of daily work. In this case, the plant is considered as a housing unit. Its type is "work place"; i.e. code 6.
However, if the enumerator noted that there is a place in the plant that is reserved for the residence of the workers, and is, accordingly, used as a place of sleep; in this case, the enumerator needs to determine the type of the housing unit. The type of the building should be plant. The description of the occupancy of the building in question 135 is multi-purpose.
In the case there is a building -- whatever its type is -- in the question 133, be it an apartment building, villa, or under construction, and it happened that during the time of the census, there was a group of workers who were building or completing the construction of the building and are using a part of it for sleep, in this case, the type of the building is considered in question 115 as under construction. The nature of the occupancy of the housing unit is determined on the basis of the situation that applies to it.