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1. Dwelling type
a) Private dwelling
[] 1 Independent house or rancho
[] 2 Apartment or flat
[] 3 Rented room(s)
[] 4 Improvised dwelling
[] 5 Other (specify) ____
b) Collective dwelling (group quarters)
[] 1 Hotel, inn, hostel, etc.
[] 2 Barracks, military, or police post
[] 3 Boarding school
[] 4 Hospital, sanatorium, old-age home, etc.
[] 5 Other (specify) ____
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Question 1: Type of dwelling
A. Private dwelling
According to the [enumerator's] observation of the dwelling, and taking into account the following definitions, determine the type of dwelling and mark an X in the corresponding box.
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a) Private dwelling
Independent house or hut. A dwelling which has a direct exit to the street, road, path, etc. and which constitutes a single dwelling. In the example we can see two independent cases.
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Apartment or floor [piso]. A dwelling which forms part of a building of two or more floors and which has access to the street by way of a hallway, passage, stairs and/or elevator.
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Rental rooms. When the dwelling independently occupies one of the rooms, among various similar rooms, in a building or in a single yard. Generally, sanitary services are used in common.
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Improvised dwelling. When the dwelling is constructed with discarded materials (carton, reeds [pirí], cans, heavy fabric, rubber molding, woven straw [tacuarillas,], packaging material, etc.).
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Other: (specify). This category includes locations that are not meant for human habitation, but which are used as places of habitation on the census day. For example: factories, storehouses, businesses, offices, garages, vessels, rural hut [chata], old carriages, tests, guardhouses [garita], stable, etc.
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b) Group quarters. The possible types of group quarters are found on the form. Make an X in the corresponding box. If the type of group quarters is not indicated on the list, mark the box "other," specifying the nature of the group quarters.
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Remember that within a "collective dwelling" one can find one or more "private dwellings."
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