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Q.10 relates to the physical structure of the dwelling.
The categories of dwelling are defined as follows:
1. Undivided private house - This is a single dwelling unit which takes up the complete building: it may be inhabited by one or more households. (NOTE that even though there may be more than one household, there is absolutely no physical division or separation of the dwelling unit).
2. Part of a private house - This occurs when a household occupies only a part of a private house and this could consist of one or more rooms.
3. Flat/apartment/condominium - These are self-contained private dwellings in a single or multi-storeyed building. Each such
dwelling must have separate and direct access to the street or a communal staircase, passage, veranda or gallery, etc. The rooms in this type of dwelling are usually side by side on the same floor.
4. Townhouse - This type of dwelling is similar to a flat, apartment or condominium except that the rooms are usually on two floors – living quarters on the ground floor and bedrooms above. This is a selfcontained unit (usually in blocks of units) with separate legal title to ownership. Sometimes common facilities such as security and grounds may be shared.
5. Double house/duplex - This is a dwelling which is joined to only one other dwelling – separated by a wall extending from
ground to roof. There must be no other dwellings either above or below and the double-house, or duplex, must be separated from all other structures by open space.
6. Combined business and - In this type of dwelling, the household occupies dwelling a part of the building for living purposes while other parts are used as business places, lodges garages, etc.
7. Barracks - This is a room or division of a long building CENSUS May 2001 Interviewer’s Manual Page 41
8. Other - This category is to be shaded only if the dwelling does not fit into any of the categories 1 – 7.