Household Form
VI. Households (coded 02-14 of section II)
HH02. Household type
[] 1 Single
[] 2 Combined
[] 3 Part of household
[] 4 Institutional
[] 5 Hotel population
[] 6 Collective quarters
[] 7 Homeless
Section VI - Households
HH02 Household type:
Shade the appropriate box.
The term household type as used in the Housing Census questionnaire is not strictly a concept to be defined in terms of the inter-relationships between household members. It is used merely to categorize the Housing Census data on households and housing units in such a way as to ensure a proper and complete enumeration of all persons at the Population Census. Households are to be categorized in the following types:
Single
A household is considered as single when all its members occupy a single housing unit in one and the same building.
Combined
When a household occupies two (or more) buildings, that is when some members of the household occupy a housing unit in a main building whilst one or more members occupy another building or buildings, then the term "combined" is used to describe the household type for the housing unit in the main building. The main building is not necessarily the bigger building: it is the one where the household carries most of its activities, and in particular, where meals are taken in common. The other building(s) can be either detached room(s) or buildings containing housing units.
Part of household
This term is used to describe the household type for the detached room(s) or the secondary building(s).
Institutional
The term institutional household includes all the inmates of an institution such as a hospital, home/convent, infirmary, orphanage, prison, etc. It excludes staff members and their households who may be residing on the premises: these should be enumerated separately as private households.
[p. 57]Hotel population
This question refers to all guests in a hotel, guesthouse or tourist residence. It excludes any hotel employees or managers and their households who may be residing on the premises.
Collective quarters
The term "collective quarters" is used to identify a group of foreign workers living together in one or more apartments, lodgings, temporary shelters, etc. Such quarters may have certain more or less common facilities, such as cooking and toilet installations, baths, dormitories, which are shared by the whole group.
Homeless
This refers to persons who do not have a shelter. They carry their few possessions with them, sleeping under shop verandahs, in doorways, in the streets or in any other space on a more or less random basis. If, as sometimes happens, a homeless person refuses to give information or cannot be awakened, it will still be necessary to enumerate that person. What can be done in such cases is to complete a questionnaire that indicates location details and the person?s gender. The address to be reported is where the homeless person usually spends most of his nights.