Literal question
7. Dwelling type
a) Private dwellings
[] 1 Independent house
[] 2 Apartment
[] 3 Room in a tenement
[] 4 Others
b) Collective dwellings
[] 5 Hotel, inn, or guesthouse
[] 6 Barracks and prisons
[] 7 Hospital, health center or clinic
[] 8 Religious institutions and boarding schools
Interviewer instructions
Question 7: Type of dwelling
a) Private dwellings
The type of dwelling is identified and the corresponding circle is filled in.
The circle Others is filled in when dealing with dwellings such as boats, tents, caves, wagons, old vehicles, granaries, warehouses, garages, etc.
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b) Collective dwellings
In the case of collective dwellings, the corresponding circle is filled in.
In the "bateys", the houses of unmarried persons are classified as guesthouses.
[Definition of "batey" from the 1970 Dominican Republic enumerator's manual: "A "batey" is a place of abode usually constructed in the coastal style (surplus pine) with a corrugated iron ["zinc"] or asbestos roof, dirt or stone (limestone) floor, and usually in the form of a rectangular barracks with two opposite fronts and a dividing wall in the center. Each barracks contains approximately 20 dwellings with 2 rooms each (bedroom and living room), without a kitchen, bathroom, or running water in the rooms. A "batey" will sometimes have electric lighting, depending on the proximity of the sugar plantation ["ingenio"] that has constructed it. It has two or three latrines for common use. The kitchen is a stove on the patio, shared by two or three dwellings. As far as a shower facility ["baño"], the only facility is provided by a close-by stream or river. This type of place of abode is generally found in rural areas because it serves sugar companies in housing workers who participate in the harvest."]
