Interviewer instructions
D. Dwelling
This is the basic unit used by the housing census. [A] dwelling is a housing unit (a collection of buildings) intended for a [purpose]. The following types of dwellings are distinguished:
1. A fixed dwelling: this is a room or collection of rooms located in a permanent building, i.e. one that remains in place for a long period of time (from five years to more than 10 years, for example). The category includes: permanent/"hard" houses with a roof in cement or concrete
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(detached house/villa, buildings, other edifices of this type, etc...). Permanent houses with walls of cement or concrete and a roof made of sheet metal; semi-permanent houses (walls made of [adobe] covered in cement; adobe or straw houses; round huts.
2. A mobile housing: this is a facility used for housing and built in such a way as to be movable, or which constitutes a mobile unit. It is used as housing at the time of the census. This category includes: nomad tents, train cars, all types of boats (ships, small boats, pirogues, barges, tow boats, etc.). This housing is not taken into account unless it is occupied at the time of the census.
Type of Dwelling:
[] Fixed
[] Mobile
This information is used to designate the type of dwelling occupied by the household. Here it is a question of finding out if the habitation in question is a FIXED dwelling or a MOBILE dwelling. Refer to the definitions on types of lodgings to [correctly] check off one of the boxes.
NB: This question does not pertain to institutional households. However, ordinary households living in houses located on the same grounds as an institutional household should be identified and enumerated on ordinary Housing Forms.
