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H6. Acquisition of housing unit
How did you acquire this housing unit?
(Please cross out one of the selections below)

[] Purchased
[] Constructed by the owner/occupants with or without help of
friends/relatives
[] Constructed by hired/skilled worker
[] Constructed by an organized contractor
[] Inherited (Skip to H8)
[] Others (lottery, gift) (Skip to H8)

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H6 Acquisition of housing unit

Ask the question in H6, "How did you acquire this housing unit?" only if the entry in H5 is Owned/being amortized. Mark the circle which describes how the household acquired the housing unit.

The different categories for this item and their corresponding codes are:

1 Purchased
2 Constructed by the owner/occupants with or without the help of friends/relatives
3 Constructed by hired/skilled workers - The owner of the housing unit took charge of purchasing construction materials and hiring construction workers and directly supervised the construction of the housing unit
4 Constructed by an organized contractor - The owner entered into a contract with a general contractor for the latter to supply either labor only or both labor and materials
5 Inherited
6 Others (lottery, gift)

If the answer in this question is Inherited or Others (lottery, gift), skip to H8.