Part 4 Housing questions
Do not ask the collective household.
For Municipal Areas, ask housing questions in all households.
For Non-Municipal Areas, ask housing questions only in households with the letter "B".
(The letter of the 9th column in the "Sor Por Kor 1" form is:
[] A
[] B
[] C
[] D.
If the letter "B" is checked, ask the housing questions. If not, terminate the interview.)
[Approximately 1 in 3 households from Non-Municipal Areas were asked the household questions.]
25. Type of structure:
[] 1 Detached house
[] 2 Row house
[] 3 Apartment
[] 4 Room
[] 5 Mobile (boat, raft, or car)
[] Others, specify ____
If marked "5" or "Others," terminate the interview.
28. Tenure of house (excluding land):
[] 1 Owner
[] 2 Buy on installment
[] 3 Rent
Live without paying rent because:
[] 4 Payment in kind for service
[] 5 Free
30. Ownership of land, if select "1" or "2" [owner or buy or installment] in question 28:
[] 1 Owner of land
[] 2 Installment buying
[] 3 Rented from government
[] 4 Rented from other
[] 5 Rent free
Number 30: Land ownership
If the person's answer in number 28 is "owner" or "hire purchaser", ask: "Whether a household member is the owner, hire purchaser, renter, or he/she lives without paying rent?"
If the answer is "renter of the land", ask whether the land is rented from the Treasure Department or others such as private sector or the Crown Property, etc.
Land owner is the person who has the legal ownership of that land.
Hire-purchasing the land means purchasing of the land by installment. When the payment is completed, the buyer is considered as the owner of the land.
Renting the land means constructing a house on other person's land, and paying the monthly or yearly rent to the owner of the land. This can be divided into two groups:
a. Renting the land from the Treasure Department
b. Renting the land from the other sources: this can be private sector, the Crown Property, the government, the state enterprise, or municipal government, etc.
Not paying rent for the land means the land owner allows a person to build a house on his land free of charge. This question asks only about land, and it does not include the construction or building.
Land owned by the Treasure Department refers to the land owned by the government, which includes both the public assets and the ordinary public properties.
Public assets refer to the land that is already in use and is possessed by the government. This land is used for government buildings and housing for government officers, soldiers and police. It excludes the land owned by temples, the Royal family, or the Crown property.
Ordinary public properties refer to the land that is taken away from people who owe tax, or it is donated to the government. This land is in the government's possession, and it has not been used. The government may rent it to private sector to build living places.
The assets or the land of the country such as roads, rivers, canals, forests, or deserted land that are under the responsibility of the Department of Lands are considered as public assets, and not the property of the Treasure Department.