1. Dwelling type
[] 2 Apartment
[] 3 Room in a house
[] 4 Room in a boarding house (pieza de meson)
[] 5 Rustic shack or hut (rancho or choza)
[] 6 Improvised dwelling
[] 7 Place not designed for human habitation
[] 8 Other (mobile home, tent, settlement (refugio), etc.)
[] 9 Homeless
[] 11 Hospital or clinic
[] 12 Contract housing for students (pupilaje)
[] 13 Home for elderly
[] 14 Guesthouse
[] 15 Prison
[] 16 Barracks
[] 17 Convent or monastery
[] 18 Other (specify) ____
4.2.1 Type of household
Type of household will be understood by the way in which each house is made. For the purpose of the census, they will be divided into two large groups: private and collective households
A) Single family [private] households
Single family households are places designed to be used as dwellings for one person or a group of people who live as a family. This household could be: house, apartment, room within a house, room in an inn, shack, an improvised house, a place not designed for human dwelling, other (mobile home, tent, refuge, etc.)
This is a household with direct access to the street, alley or sidewalk, made with long-lasting materials and usually located in a structure commonly designed for the lodging of one family group. It can be found connected or separated with other household units and it has its own toilet, bathroom and kitchen. This household will be recorded as occupied or unoccupied at the time of the enumeration.
[pg. 13]
This is a household unit made of long-lasting materials that is part of a building of one or more floors, and that contains two or more dwellings. It has access to the street through a corridor, hallway, or stair. It offers an individual washroom, toilet and kitchen. It will be counted even if it is unoccupied.
Room in a house:
This is a dwelling that is part of a structure that is made with long-lasting materials, and that can have two or three dwelling areas; the bathroom, washroom and kitchen are shared between all the households in the building. Generally found in independent households that have been remodeled to allow for lodging for two or three different family groups. There may be street access through corridors, hallways or places considered common areas by occupants.
Room in a boarding house:
This is a dwelling that is part of a structure which has at minimum four living units. It is made with long-lasting materials and has a shared bathroom, washroom and kitchen for all dwellings in the inn/hotel. In general this would be a single room with street access through a yard, hallway or corridor.
[pg. 14]
This is a dwelling made with bamboo, palm or nopal leaves, grass or other vegetation. Generally found in rural areas, in order to be enumerated it must be occupied at the time of the census, and as such unoccupied shacks or huts will not be enumerated.
Improvised dwelling:
Any dwelling made with waste materials: pieces of wood, old aluminum sheets, cardboard, etc., which doesn't meet building standards. To be enumerated it must be occupied at the time of the census. They are principally located in poorer communities of urban areas, and sometimes in rural areas. If abandoned, it will not be counted.
Places not designed for human habitation:
This is a building built with long-term materials that has not been renovated, adapted or transformed to be used as a dwelling, but at the time of the census is being used as such. This type of dwelling can occupy some or all of stables, workshops, offices, factories, warehouse, garage, etc.
Other (mobile homes, tents, refuge, etc.):
Includes any structure used for dwelling/shelter not considered in the previous categories, such as: mobile homes, tents, shelter, boxcar, boat, etc.
Homeless:
This option can be marked for one person or group of people lacking a dwelling and who occupy that area to sleep: doorways, church atriums, beneath bridges, parks, public dormitories, etc.
[pg. 15]
B) Collective housing
This is a place or building where a group of people without family ties resides and share the space for reasons of lodging: health, education, military, religion, old age, orphan status, etc. This includes hotels, boarding houses, guest houses, hospitals, homes for the elderly, internment schools, hospices, jails, etc.
This is any building commonly known as hotel which lodges people passing through; however, there are some people who live permanently in the hotel, who will be enumerated as residents, excepting those employees who have been assigned an apartment to live with their family, which will be considered an "apartment" in single family households, but if the place where they live is completely separated from the main building it will be enumerated as a "house". Both situations will be registered on separate ballots from the collective housing.
Hospital or clinic:
In this case the hospitals and clinics that have patients who have more than six months of hospitalization and the hospital or clinic has become their place of residence. If there are administrative personnel who live in the hospital center, alone or with their family in a unit within or outside of the hospital center, that will be considered a single family household.
[pg. 16]
Dwellings will be classified as boarding houses if they have more than 5 boarders who are generally students, and if they are run by the owner of the dwelling, who provides food, cleaning services, and in some cases laundry services. If there are fewer than 5 boarders, [the dwelling] will be classified as a "house" or "apartment", as appropriate.
Home or institution for the elderly:
Homes are places where the elderly of one gender or another live permanently. The administrative personnel, who live in a separate unit, whether alone or with their family, will be enumerated as a single family household.
Guest house:
This is a building commonly known as a guest house which lodges people who generally are passing through; however, there are some people who live permanently in this place who will be enumerated. If the owner and other employees live in the house, alone or with their family, they will be enumerated as residents of a single family household.
Prison:
This is the place where there are prisoners and, for the purpose of the census, only those sentenced to a period six months or longer will be enumerated; this also includes service personnel who are lodged collectively there. Each one of these groups will be enumerated on separate ballots, but within the same collective housing.
[pg. 17]
This is any place occupied by people belonging to the armed forces and other groups responsible for public safety. For census purposes, only those who live regularly in this place will be enumerated.
Convent or monastery:
This is the premises where groups of people who are united for religious reasons, academic or spiritual study, and without any family ties regularly reside. Usually these places are run by nuns, priests or brothers of another order.
Other:
This category includes all the collective housing that is not outlined in the previous housing types, such as: homes for children and adolescents, orphanages, brothels, physical or mental rehabilitation centers, etc.