2. Dwelling type
[] House with garden (quinta, casa-quinta )
[] House
[] Apartment in a building
[] Apartment in a house (quinta, casa-quinta )
[] Tenement (Casa de vecindad)
[] Shack or hut (Rancho)
[] Peasant hut (rural type) (Rancho campesino)
[] Other type
Question No.2
[Type of dwelling]
[The instructions refer to a graphic of section II, question 2 on the census form.]
Observe the type of dwelling and fill in the corresponding cell.
Dwelling:
Building constructed in order to provide temporary or permanent lodging for people. Also considered as dwellings: any building not built specifically for human habitation but is used for that purpose on the Census day.
Types of dwellings:
House or house with garden (Quinta):
-- Walls: Finished cinderblock or brick, concrete, sawn wood
-- Roof: roof slab, tile, asbestos
-- Floor: mosaic, granite and similar
Usually has a garden in front of the house
House:
-- Walls: Finished or unfinished cinderblock or brick; concrete; sawn wood; finished adobe, mud, stick-and-mud
-- Roof: roof slab, tile, asbestos, or metal sheet [usually made of corrugated aluminum/tin]
-- Floor: mosaic, granite and similar; or cement
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Apartment building:
A dwelling that forms part of the structure of a building, with access from a common area of circulation.
Apartment with yard (apartmento-quinta)or house with garden (casa-quinta):
A dwelling that forms part of another dwelling and that has its own toilet facilities and kitchen.
Tenement:
A dwelling with various rooms, each used as a familial dwelling (by different households).
Toilet facilities and water supply outside of the room.
Internal areas [e.g., patios] are for common use.
Shack/hut (Rancho):
A dwelling made of waste materials (boards, cardboard, caña - cane and similar).
Rural shack (Rancho Campesino):
-- Walls: Unfinished adobe, mud, stick-and-mud
-- Roof: corrugated metal sheets, straw, palm fronds, and similar
-- Floor: cement or dirt
-- Location: rural areas and small towns
Other type:
Any other type of shelter (albergue) either permanent or mobile, not constructed for human habitation: office space, sleeping sheds (barracas), trailers, boats, caves, tents and others.