Interviewer instructions
This question is asked for all housing units where households covered by the sample reside. Record data as follows:
1. Total building area: This covers the areas, in square meters, of the higher floors too.
2. Total land area of the housing unit.
Please note the following:
· In the case of apartments, record the apartment's area only in the space designated for the building area. As for land area, write down the code "not applicable".
· Record the area used by the household for its purposes only and not the total area. For example: If part of the area is used for productive purposes, is demolished or used by others, it is not included in the area.
Where there is an area exclusive to the household and another shared with another household, whether in the case of the building area or the total land area, area is calculated as equal to the area exclusive to the household plus the household's share of the shared area. The household's share of the shared area is calculated as equal to the quotient of dividing the shared area by the number of households sharing this area. For example: if a household lives in a house in which three households reside and the area exclusive to the household is 80 square meters and the area shared with the other two households is 60 square meters, the recorded area will be 80 plus the quotient of dividing 60 by 3, that is, 80 plus 20 and is equal to 100 square meters.