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2000 Housing Census - Mauritius

V. Households

Household type

(Insert appropriate numerical code)

[] 1. Single
[] 2. Combined
[] 3. Part of household
[] 4. Institutional
[] 5. Hotel population
[] 6. Collective quarters
[] 7. Homeless

Not applicable:
[] 8. Vacant
[] 9. Under construction
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6.3 The Housing Census questionnaire

6.3.5 Households (section V of questionnaire)

(ii) Household type. It is important that you study section 5.4.3 carefully before entering the appropriate code for the household type. Very briefly:
Type 1 (single) applies when all members of a household occupy a single housing unit in the same building.
Type 2 (combined) refers to the household in a main building when some of its members are also occupying a secondary building, or a detached room.
Type 3 (part of a household) refers to the part of the household occupying a secondary building, or a detached room.
Type 4 (institutional) includes all inmates of an institution.
Type 5 (hotel population) refers to all guests in a hotel or boarding house.
Type 6 (collective quarters) refers to all foreign workers living as one group in hired quarters or quarters provided by employer.
Type 7 (homeless) refers to persons who do not have a shelter.
Type 8 (vacant) describes all habitable housing units which are not occupied; it also includes housing units reported as secondary residence under ?occupancy?.
Type 9 (under construction) is to be coded only when the building under construction is not occupied.