H-23a. Type of housing unit
_ _ Which type of dwelling or housing unit does this household occupy? If this household lives in more than one dwelling, write the code of the main dwelling that the household occupies in the boxes.
01 = House or brick structure on a separate stand or yard
02 = Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials
03 = Flat in block of flats
04 = Town/cluster/semi-detached house (simplex, duplex, triplex)
05 = House/flat/room in back yard
06 = Informal dwelling/shack in back yard
07 = Informal dwelling/shack NOT in back yard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement
08 = Room/flatlet not in back yard but on a shared property
09 = Caravan or tent
10 = Private ship/boat
11 = Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Housing unit
A unit of accommodation for a household, which may consist of one structure, or more than one structure, or part of a structure. (Examples of each are a house, a group of huts, and a flat.) It may be vacant, or occupied by one or more than one household.
A housing unit has a separate entrance from outside or from a common space, as in a block of flats.
Premises not intended for use as living quarters, but used for human habitation at the time of the census, such as a barn, warehouse, etc., are also classified as housing units for census purposes.
National Bureau: The term housing unit is a demographic term used when you need to be precise for certain purposes. It is contrasted with collective living quarters -- i.e. all living quarters are either housing units or collective living quarters.
Collective living quarters
Living quarters where certain facilities are shared by groups of individuals or households. They can be divided into: (a) hotels, motels, guest houses, etc. (b) workers hostels and student residences; and (c) institutions.
People living in residential hotels, boarding houses, and hostels will be enumerated using the household questionnaire (Questionnaire A). The inmates of institutions and tourist hotels will be enumerated using the questionnaire for individuals (Questionnaire B).
Institution
An institution is a particular type of collective living quarters, for people with a common characteristic who are living under a common regime. The following are institutions: hospital/clinic, frail care centre, childcare institution/ orphanage, home for the disabled, boarding school hostel, initiation school, convents and monasteries, defence force barracks, camps and ships, prison, refugee camps, shelters for the homeless.
Question H-23 a -- Type of housing unit
"Which type of dwelling or housing unit does this household occupy?"
Write the code in the boxes.
This question should be answered in relation to the housing unit for that household. So a household in a separate housing unit such as a backyard room will answer accordingly. This is another reason why domestic workers, for example, are captured on their own questionnaires.
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If this household lives in more than one dwelling (as captured in the next question), answer this question in relation to the main dwelling.
For example, some housing units consist of more than one dwelling, such as a brick house and one or more traditional huts, or a room in a converted hostel, plus a shack outside. In such cases give the type of the main dwelling.
Note that "more than one dwelling" refers only to dwellings on the same site, not dwellings or houses elsewhere.