Part 3. Housing Questions (For Private Household)
[Questions H1-H18 were asked of private households.]
H10. Number of rooms used for sleeping
[] 1 Bedrooms _ _
[] 2 Other rooms used for sleeping _ _
3.37 Rooms:
Areas in the house which are partitioned by wall, shelves, or wardrobes at least 3 sides apart from other rooms, or other areas of the house. The height of shelves or wardrobes should not be approximately lower than 1.80 m.
3.37.1 Bedrooms mean the rooms for sleeping propose only. Although in the enumeration period there is no one sleeping in the rooms, they are still counted as bedrooms.
3.37.2 Other rooms using as bedrooms mean any room that is not a bedroom such as guest room, dining room, living room, kitchen, or storeroom. If a household member is regularly sleeping in any aforesaid room, all are counted as other rooms using as bedrooms.
In the case that there are several households living together in a house, count number of bedrooms and other rooms using as bedrooms only the ones that belong to a particular household. If there is a household living in several single houses, count all bedrooms and other rooms using as bedrooms of all houses.
Section 3 Questions on Housing
(Ask only private household)
Questions on housing are concerned with living places of every private household in municipal area. For those outside municipal area and Bangkok, ask only the sample households.
Guideline for questioning and recording
1. Ask conditions of living place by household not by person.
2. If a household living in many houses in the same area, consider the house where head of the household lives.
3. If several households living in the same house, consider conditions of the living place of the main household, other households or conditions of living are regarded as rooms in the house.
4. In recording answer, circle one code number only. If answer is "others," specify and record the answer clearly.
5. The question that has no answer code, record statement or number in the blank on the dot line.
H 10. Number of bedrooms
Ask "How many bedrooms and the rooms using as bedrooms in this house?"
Record number of bedrooms and the rooms using as bedrooms in the blank ____.
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In case that there are many households in a house, count only number of bedrooms and the rooms using as bedrooms of the household being asked.
If a household living in many houses, count number of bedrooms and the room using as household of all houses.
If there is no bedroom, record "0." A household must have a bedroom at least.
If there is no partition board/wall, record the rooms using as bedrooms "1" (See the Section of Housing, in Definition Chapter)