Interviewer instructions
II. Information about the dwelling
These serve to determine the principal characteristics and the conditions, in which they are found, in terms of the construction, comfort, disposition of basic services, etc.
For the purposes of the census, the dwelling is any shelter, separated and independent, built or used for housing persons.
In the "collective dwellings", this part will be completed up to the part of type of dwelling.
1. Condition of occupation:
The dwelling can be:
* Inhabited with occupants present: when it is occupied at the census date. Then you should mark box 1.
* Inhabited with occupants absent: when it is inhabited, but it occupants are temporarily absent on the census date, for reasons of work, traveling, etc.
* Uninhabited: when the dwelling is not occupied because it is for sale, under repair, legally disputed, abandoned, etc. This also includes the dwellings that are occupied in a transitory manner, but at the date of the census are unoccupied, as for example, summer homes, etc.
When you encounter a dwelling in this situations, you should only register the information about the dwelling that you can obtain, whether through simple observation or through reference of the neighbors.
