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1. Dwelling type
A. Family dwelling

[] 01 House or house with garden (quinta )
[] 02 Apartment in a building, house or quinta
[] 03 Room in a house, quinta, or apartment
[] 04 Room in a tenement (Casa de vecindad)
[] 05 Peasant hut (rural type) (rancho campesino)
[] 06 Urban hut/improvised dwelling (rancho urbano improvisado)
[] 07 Other type

B) Collective dwelling

____ Class
____ Name
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Basic common rules for determining what constitutes a dwelling unit are given below:

a. Decisions should be made based on the occupants' living arrangements and not on their relationships. E.g. three women who are not related can rent an apartment and maintain the dwelling together. This apartment is only one dwelling unit. On the contrary, two married couples related to each other (e.g. a married couple living with their in-laws) [p. 39] can live in the same house and have, however, independent arrangements such as kitchen or direct access. If this is the case, the married couples constitute two independent dwelling units.

b. The manner in which the houses and apartments are used, and not the form of construction, should be considered. In cities, especially in heavily populated areas, there are large apartments in which rooms are rented separately but the renters eat outside of the room. There are other occasions when one or more families occupy only one or two rooms. Each of the separately rented spaces constitutes a dwelling unit. On the contrary, a house meant for two families can be occupied by only one family that uses all of the rooms and eats and cooks together. This house is enumerated as one dwelling.

c. Apply the census criteria with regards to separation: direct access and private kitchen or cooking equipment when the persons declare that they live apart. If the persons declare that they live and eat together, as if they were a family, there is no need to ask questions to determine if they live apart.


6.9. Type of dwelling (Q. 1).

According to the definition of a dwelling there are two large groups:

a) Family dwelling or private habitation unit.
b) Collective dwelling or collective habitation unit.

Family dwellings or private habitation units are made up of the following types or classifications:

01) House or quinta
A structure usually built to be occupied by one family. It can be separate or contiguous [p. 63] [to another structure or have a common wall. It may or may not have a part] meant for a workplace. This type of structure can contain more than one family dwelling at the time of the census.


[Part of the sentence between pg. 62 and 63 is missing - the missing information (in brackets) was taken from the definition found in the enumerator's instructions from Ven61]

02) Apartment in a building or house:

A place made up of one or more rooms located in a building designed exclusively for dwellings or for dwellings and a workplace. Rooms or spaces that are sub-let, that could be considered separate family dwellings, are not included in this category.

03) Room in a house, quinta, or apartment:

A family dwelling of one or more rooms located in a house, quinta or apartment. The occupants are usually considered sub-renters or sublessors only when they do not share a common life with the primary family.

04) Room in a townhouse:

A typical structure found in villages and cities that contains several family dwellings made up of one room. Toilet facilities and water storage is usually shared.

05) Peasant [rural] hut (rancho):

Rustic structure with straw or palm roof, adobe walls and dirt floor. This type of dwelling exists in rural areas, certain villages, and even in many cities [p. 64] in Venezuela. It is still considered a rancho even if a part of the roof or floor has been improved.

06 Urban hut [improvised]:

Improvised structure made of discarded/waste materials, usually from demolitions, almost always built by the occupants on hills, gulley/ravines, or underneath bridges, with sanitary conditions unsuitable for habitation. These dwellings generally form the so called marginal neighborhoods.

07) Other type or class:

Any type of dwelling not included above. E.g. trailers, wagons, railcars, caves, tents, caneyes [rudimentary dwelling roofed with palm trees], or other similar shelters used temporarily or permanently on the Census day.

For these types of dwellings only the information on type of dwelling and number of occupants will be recorded.

This includes a workplace used as a dwelling (industrial, commercial, etc.) that may or may not have been built for human habitation but is being used for that purpose on the Census day.


6.10. Collective dwelling.

Collective habitation units include hospitals, orphanages and children's shelters, homes or schools for the disabled, institutions for the very poor (pobres de solemnidad), nursing homes, convents, boarding schools, barracks, correctional or penal facilities, police posts, [p. 65] jails, etc., boarding houses, family boarding houses, hostels, inns, etc., logging, mining, or public works camps, etc.

The family dwelling that houses 5 or more boarders (pensionistas) should be considered a "Collective". It is considered to be a "family boarding house".

For collective dwellings, only the information on type and name of dwelling and number of occupants is recorded.

6.11. Types of collectives.

1. Institutions

1.1. Correctional and penal:

1.1.1. Reform and correctional
1.1.2. Penitentiaries, prisons, and penal colonies


1.2. Homes or schools for the disabled:

1.2.1. Homes or schools for the blind
1.2.2. Schools for the deaf and mute
1.2.3. Schools for the physically disabled


1.3. Medical institutions

1.3.1. Mental hospitals
1.3.2. Nursing homes for the mentally ill
1.3.3. Hospital for cancer patients
1.3.4. Hospitals for tuberculosis patients
1.3.5. Hospitals, clinics, and sanatoriums for the chronically ill


[p. 66]

1.4. Other types of institutions

1.4.1. Orphanages and children's homes
1.4.2. Homeless shelter
1.4.3. Nursing homes
1.4.4. Boarding schools and dormitories
1.4.5. Convents, seminaries, and religious congregations


2. Non-institutions

2.1. Group shelter:

2.1.1. Hotels
2.1.2. Boarding houses
2.1.3. Family boarding houses
2.1.4. Hostels
2.1.5. Police barracks, correctional or penal facilities for those temporarily detained


2.2. General hospitals and clinics

2.2.1. General hospitals
2.2.2. Private clinics


2.3. Other collectives

2.3.1. Vessels
2.3.2. Encampments (excluding military)


2.4. Other unspecified or undeclared collectives


3. Military collectives

3.1. Military collectives:

3.1.1. Barracks, encampments, garrisons, and military positions