15. Year of construction
When was the construction of the building completed?
[] 1 One year ago or less (from the date of the census)
____ If more than one year ago (from the date of the census) fill in the year
Question #15
Year of construction
a. How to carry out the investigation
The purpose of this topic is to investigate, on one hand, the number of buildings or dwellings whose construction was finished between March of 1970 and April of 1971; or "One year or less before the census date". The other item investigated is the number of buildings whose construction was finished previous to March of 1970.
b. How to record the data
If the dwelling's construction was completed between March of 1970 and April of 1971, an "X" is marked in box 1
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located after the sentence "One year or less before the census date". If the dwelling was completed before March of 1970, the year of construction is written in the space provided.
c. Example:
[These instructions refer to a graph of question 15 on the census form]