[Questions A2-9 were asked of living quarters built or converted for living.]

A5. Who is the owner of these living quarters?

Question A5

[Question A5 from the enumeration form is not presented here.]

Purpose
This question is to obtain information relating to the ownership status of the LQ.

Definition
The word "own" covers all LQs which are purchased through loan regardless of whether the loan has been paid up or not, by installment or it is still under mortgage.

Individual ownership
This includes LQs occupied by the owner himself/ herself or LQs which are rented from other individual owners.

(i) Self-owned (Code 1)
This category includes LQs occupied by the owner himself/ herself or the family or a relative of the owner who inherits the LQs.

(ii) Other individual owner (Code 2)
This category includes LQs rented by occupants from other individuals.

Non-individual ownership
This includes LQs owned by the government/statutory body/local authority, private companies, and non-individual owners.

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(i) Government/ Statutory body (Code 3)
Included in this category are LQs owned by the government and statutory bodies, e.g., government quarters, NEB quarters, UDA flats, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, PKNS, etc. In most cases, the occupants have to pay rent to the authority.

However, there are LQs under FELDA housing schemes whereby the occupants are required to pay monthly installment to the authority. In such cases, the LQs should be classified under "Self-owned" (Code 1).

(ii) Private (Code 4)
Included in this category are LQs owned by private companies. It includes LQs provided by the employers to their employees, e.g., estate houses or houses owned by the private company and rented out to the public.

In some cases, if the LQs provided by the employer is owned by individuals, and the employer rents the LQs for his/her employees classify the LQs as "Other individual owner" (Code 2).

(iii) Others (Code 5)
This refers to categories other than the above-mentioned, e.g., owned by co-operatives, associations, etc.

How to ask the question

Ask the question as stated in the questionnaire.

How to record the answer

Mark "X" in the relevant box. If code 5 is marked, state the ownership status on the dotted line.