Literal question
6. How many rooms are occupied by your family?
Please mark X in the book next to the number of rooms in your apartment.
Do not include: kitchen, bathrooms and rooms used for business only.
[] 1. 1 room
[] 2. 1.5 rooms
[] 3. 2 rooms
[] 4. 2.5 rooms
[] 5. 3 rooms
[] 6. 3.5 rooms
[] 7. 4 rooms
[] 8. 4.5 rooms
[] 9. 5 rooms
[] 10. 5.5 rooms
[] 11. 6 rooms or more
Interviewer instructions
2. Question 6
6. How many rooms are occupied by your family?
Please mark an X in the box next to the number of rooms in your apartment. Do not include: kitchen, bathroom and a room used for business only.
[] 1 one room
[] 2 1 1/2 rooms
[] 3 2 rooms
[] 4 2 1/2 rooms
[] 5 3 rooms
[] 6 3 1/2 rooms
[] 7 4 rooms
[] 8 4 1/2 rooms
[] 9 5 rooms
[] 10 5 1/2 rooms
[] 11 6 rooms and over
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The answers will enable us to learn about the housing density of the families in Israel.
A. Mark an X next to the appropriate answer.
B. Include all rooms and half rooms used for the residence of the family.
If the family counts the hallway or the dining room as a room or as a half room -- include it in the count.
C. If the family has difficulty determining what a room is and what a half room is, use this rule: An area of 6 sq. meters is a room (like 2x3 sq. meters), a smaller area will be considered as a half room.
D. Do not include in the total number of rooms: kitchen, bathroom and a room used for business only.
E. A room used for dwelling and for a business will be counted as a dwelling room.
Example: A room used by a seamstress for her work and for dwelling after working hours, will be considered as a room for dwelling.
2.1 An apartment with two or more households
A. In this type of apartments you have to count only the rooms used for the household for which the questionnaire is filled in.
B. If the households who live in the same apartment share a room -- add half a room to each household.
Example: Two students who are two separate households live in a three-room apartment. Each student has her room but they share the guests' room. For each student the count is 1 1/2 rooms (the room that she lives in and half of the shared guests' room).
C. Even when a shared room is used by three or more people [households] it is counted as half a room [for each household] and not a third, quarter etc.
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Example: Three people, each one constitutes a separate household, live in a 4-room apartment. Each one lives in his room but the guests room is used by all three.
You have to mark the 1 1/2 room answer in each questionnaire.
D. If several people live in one room only, and each one of them is a separate household, mark the answer 1 room since half a room is not an option in the questionnaire.
