[2.3] Roof

Question 2: what type of construction has the house the family is using now?
House generally means the dwelling place having one or more than one room or floor, with outer wall either of concrete or mud wall with raw materials, having a roof and are using by the people for dwelling purpose.

House can be of different sizes, kinds, and types. Some houses may not have a wall. Some houses are constructed by/beside the wall of other houses (for support) or by/touching the hill or elevated land. In some cases, two houses are constructed dividing them with a wall in the middle. There would be a main door to enter and exit from the house. For the purpose of the enumeration, all these types of dwellings where families are living, including hut, home, building, mansion, flat can be understood as a house. The house might belongs to self or others. If the family has used more than one house for dwelling purpose, the information should be taken from the main house which is in good condition from the perspective of dwelling. If any family is living in rent and have put their house in rent to somebody else or even if the house is vacant during the enumeration period, then the information should be taken from the house or rental space where they are living at the time of enumeration.

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Generally the type of construction of any house depends on the overall structure of the house including construction materials used in/for foundation, outer walls and roof, the floor/stories of the house and the life of the house. In the question, the types of the construction of a house has been determined based on the structure like foundation, outer wall, roof, number of floors/stories, and the year of construction of the house.

2.3 Roof

The construction materials used for roof means what types of materials are used for making the roof. If the roof is made with more than one materials, then taking the main construction materials as a base, circle the appropriate reference accordingly. The types of the construction materials used for roof has been described as follows:

Thatch/straw - If the house is roofed with/if the roof of a house is made with thatch/straw, the main construction material of the roof of such house is considered as thatch/straw.

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Metal sheet/ galvanized iron - If the roof of a house is made with metal sheet/galvanized iron, then the main construction materials of the roof of such house is considered as Galvanized iron/metal sheet.

Tile/slate/stone - If the roof of a house is made with tile or slate or stone, then the main construction materials of the room of such house is considered as tile/slate/stone.

RCC roof - If the room of a house is made with RCC, then the main construction materials of the roof of such houses is considered as RCC.

Wood/plank - If the house is roofed with wood/plank, then the main construction materials of the roof of such house is considered as wood/plank.

Mud- If the roof of a house is primarily roofed with mud, then the main material of such roof is considered as mud.

Others - Besides the above materials, if the roof of the house is roofed with other materials like plastic, tarpaulin, container/drum piece, it should be specified in others category.

To specify the construction materials used in the roof of a house, if it is roofed with thatch/straw, circle the reference 1, if it is roofed with galvanized iron/metal sheets, circle the reference 2, if it is roofed with tiles/slates circle reference 3, if it is roofed with RCC, circle reference 4, if it is roofed with wood/plank, circle 5, if it is roofed with mud, circle the reference 6 and besides these materials, if the roof of a house is roofed with other materials, circle the reference 7 and specify the materials.