Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">A. Building Characteristics</span></p>
<p>A building may include one or many dwellings. The building characteristics are only indicated for the first dwelling. <span class="em">Thus if a building is comprised of 4 dwellings, fill in the 'principal building material of walls' and 'principal building material of roofs' headings for dwelling number 1 only; i.e. the household whose visitation order in the building is 01. Do not write any information for dwelling 2, 3 or 4, i.e. for households whose visitation order in the household is 02, 03 or 04.</span></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="HT71A034"><span class="em">2. Main Construction Material of the Roofs.</span><br /><br />a) Concrete: Put into this category any building whose roof covering is made of at least two-thirds reinforced concrete or any other combination of 'cement blocks'.<br /><br />b) Tiles: Put into this category any building with at least two-thirds of the roof in terra cotta tiles, commonly called 'tiles'.<br /><br />c) Sheet Metal: Put into this category any building with at least two-thirds of the roof in iron or laminated sheets of iron.<br /><br />d) Wood: Put into this category all buildings whose roof is at least two-thirds construction wood.<br /><br />e) Thatch: Put into this category any building whose roof is made of at least two-thirds thatch. These houses are generally known in Haiti as <span class="lang">caille paille</span>.<br /><br />f) Other: Put all buildings which do not correspond to any of the above categories for at least two-thirds of their roof covering in the 'Other' category. <br /></svar>
