Literal question
F. Information about the private home
6. Rooms of the home
Number of rooms used for other residential purposes (do not include the bathrooms or those not used for residential purposes, for example: corridors, garages, halls, etc.) _ _
Interviewer instructions
F. Information about the private home
Once the dwelling part is finished, you will ask questions referring to the Census home.
Remember that in a dwelling inhabited by more than one private home you should fill out as many documents as there are homes.
Write in each one of the documents the information about each of the homes. You should not repeat information in Section E. Information of the private dwelling.
Cancel this section upon enumerating the second and following homes that share this dwelling.
4. Rooms of the home
A room will be considered all spaces within a dwelling that are closed off by walls from a height not more than two meters and that has sufficient room to contain an adult's bed.
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Rooms of a home are considered: bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, rooms for service personnel and the rest of the separated spaces, used for lodging people.
Bathrooms, halls, corridors, garages, or rooms used habitually with non-residential purposes (for example: commercial, professional places, etc.) will not be considered rooms of a home.
Number of rooms used for sleeping
Include here: bedrooms, bedrooms of guests and all rooms that are used normally for sleeping, even when during the day they have another purpose (living room, dining room, pantry, etc.).
Write down the number of these bedrooms on the dotted line.
