[] Separate house
[] Flat/ apartment
[] Barracks
[] Out room
[] Part of common buildings
[] Other private
[] Group dwelling
[] No fixed address
[] Not stated

The information to be recorded in this question must relate to the building or part of the building used for living purposes. The types of dwelling specified on the questionnaire are described as follows:

(a) Separate house - Here a dwelling unit takes up the complete building it consists of one or more households.

(b) Flat / apartment - Flats are self-contained private dwellings in a single or multi -storied building. Apartments would be marked, where the household occupies part of the building but, has separate and direct access to and from the street or from a public or communal staircase, passage, gallery, etc.

(c) Barracks - A room or division of a long building containing several independent or dependent private dwellings, with or without shared facilities.

(d) Outroom - A room or rooms separated from the main building and occupied by a separate household i.e. servant's quarters etc.

(e) Part of commercial building - This type of dwelling would be marked, when the household occupies part of the building for living purposes while other parts of the building are used as clubs, lodges, garages, etc.

(f) Group dwellings. - These have already been defined and refer to certain types of institutions i.e. boarding houses, hotels, etc.