Characteristics of the dwelling unit occupied by household
Interviewer: A dwelling unit must have a separate entrance and not be accessed or entered through someone else's living arrangements.
38. How would you describe the type of dwelling unit that your household occupies?
[] 1 Separate house
[] 2 Flat/apartment
[] 3 Town house/WAFDA
[] 4 Double house/duplex
[] 5 Part of commercial/industrial building
[] 6 Barracks
[] 7 Out-room
[] 8 Other private dwelling
[] 9 Group dwelling
[] 10 Other
[] 11 No fixed abode
[] 99 Not stated
Characteristics of the dwelling unit
Question 38 - Type of dwelling
The information to be recorded in this question must relate to the building or part of the building used for residential accommodation by private households. There is also a pictorial chart which will further assist you in classifying dwelling units.
The pre-coded categories are as follows:-
[01] Separate house
Defines a dwelling unit which takes up the complete building; it may be inhabited by one or more households.
[02] Flats/apartments
Flats are self-contained private dwellings in a single or multi-storied building.
Apartments should be ticked where the household occupied part of the building but has separate and direct access to and from the street or from a public or communal staircase, passage, or gallery, etc.
[03] Town house/wafda
A block of self-contained units with separate legal title to ownership. Sometimes common facilities such as security and grounds may be shared.
[04] Double house/duplex
A dwelling joined to only one other dwelling, separated from it by a wall extending from ground to roof, i.e. one or two dwellings attached side by side, having no other dwellings either above or below and separated by open space from all other structures.
[05] Part of commercial/industrial building
This type of dwelling would be ticked when the household occupies part of the building for living purposes while other parts of the building are used as business places, lodges, garages, etc.
[06] Barracks
A room or division of a long building containing several independent or dependent private dwellings, with or without shared facilities.
[07] Outroom
A room or rooms separated from the main building and occupied by a separate household i.e. servant's quarters, etc.
[08] Other private dwelling
Mobile homes, derelict vehicles, etc. In short, a dwelling in conditions different from those specified above.
[09] Group dwellings
These have already been defined and refer to certain types of institutions i.e. boarding houses, hotels, hostels.
[10] Other
A category which describes a type of accommodation not defined from [01] to [09].