B1 to B4 are to be answered by mere observation, if doubtful, ask the respondent.
B1. Type of building/house
Write X in the box.
[] 1 Single house
[] 2 Duplex
[] 3 Multi-unit residential (three units or more)
[] 4 Commercial / industrial/agricultural (office, factory, and others)
[] 5 Institutional living quarters (hotel, hospital, and others)
[] 6 Other housing units (boat, cave, and others)
Specific Instructions by Items
To ask the questions correctly, follow the instructions for each item of CPH Form 2. The rationale and/or importance of each item are explained.
B1-Type of Building/House
The distribution of households by type of building supplies information about the available housing accommodation at the time of census, patterns of living, and building trends. Such details are essential for planning future housing needs. Specifically, for housing programmes, information is required on the number of households that need to be provided with housing. The number of households living in marginal housing units (commercial/industrial/agricultural buildings used as living quarters, such as barns, warehouses, mills, offices, and others, and other housing units such as boats, caves, and others) provides an approximation of this element of housing needs.
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Write "X" in the box opposite the applicable type of building occupied by the household. The types of building are as follows:
[] 1. Single House -- This is an independent residential structure intended for one household, separated by an open space or walls from all other structures. It includes the so-called "nipa hut", or a small house that is built as a more or less permanent housing unit, or a "barong-barong" which is made of salvaged/makeshift/improvised materials.
[] 2. Duplex -- This is a residential structure intended for two households, with complete living facilities for each. It is divided vertically or horizontally into two separate housing units which are usually identical.
[] 3. Multi-Unit Residential (three or more units) -- This is a building intended for residential use only, consisting of three or more housing units. These houses may consist of one or more storeys in a row of three or more housing units, separated from each other by walls extending from the ground to the roof, or a building having floors to accommodate three or more housing units.
Examples:
Apartment Building -- a structure usually having several storeys, with three or more independent entrances from internal halls or courts. An apartment has one common entrance from the outside.
Accesoria -- a one- or two-floor structure divided into three or more housing units, each housing unit having its own separate entrance from the outside. Another name for accesoria is row house.
Residential Condominium -- a high-rise building where the housing units are owned individually but the land and other areas and facilities are commonly owned.
Note: A building that was originally constructed as a single house or duplex, but now partitioned into three or more rooms/group of rooms (with separate entrance from a common hall or passage) without changing the outside structure or appearance, will be classified as a single house or duplex, as the case may be.
Commercial/Industrial/Agricultural -- These refer to buildings which are not intended mainly for human habitation but are used as living quarters of households at the time of census.
4. A commercial building is a building built for transacting business or for rendering professional services, such as a store, office, warehouse, rice mill and others.
An industrial building is a building built for processing, assembling, fabricating, finishing, and manufacturing or packaging operations, such as a factory or a plant.
An agricultural building is any structure built for agricultural purposes, such as a barn, stable, poultry house, granary, and others.
5. Institutional Living Quarters -- Hotels, motels, inns, boarding houses, dormitories, and pension or lodging houses fall into this category. This group comprises permanent structures which provide lodging and/or meals on fee basis. Institutional buildings are buildings intended for persons confined to receive medical, charitable or other care/treatment such as hospitals and orphanages, for persons detained such as jails and penal colonies, and other buildings like convents, school dormitories, and others.
Also included in this category are camps which are defined sets of premises originally intended for the temporary accommodation of persons with common activities or interests like military camps, and other camps established for the housing of workers in mining, agriculture, public works, or other types of enterprises.
6. Other Housing Units -- These refer to living quarters which are neither intended for human habitation nor located in permanent buildings but are nevertheless, used as living quarters at the time of the census. Caves, trailers, barges, carts, boats, and others, fall into this category.
Important Notice: When a building is intended partly for residential purposes and partly for commercial or industrial purposes, report the building as residential (code 1, 2, or 3) if half or more of the building is residential. Thus, if the second floor of a two-storey building is for housing, the building should be classified as residential. Likewise, if a one-storey building is divided into several units, and the front part of each unit is for business purposes while the back part is for living quarters, report also the building as residential.