Interviewer instructions
Question No. 21: How many households reside in this dwelling?
Consider as household the one where persons cook together and share a single budget for all their expenses.
The objective of this question is to identify the number of households that reside in the dwelling being enumerated. This number allows us to know the dwelling needs in the country and, also, have the necessary elements to improve the living conditions of the household members.
Read literally the question.
In a dwelling there could be more than one household. Consider as a household(s) the one that cook independently and manage a separate budget.
Before marking the answer, you must put emphasis on: Do all persons residing in this dwelling share a single amount for food expenses and share a budget? Then, proceed in the following manner:
If the respondent answers "yes" so that all residents of the dwelling have a single expense for food and manage a single budget, you will consider that the dwelling has a single household.
Example:
[There are two pictures, one representing a dwelling with a single household and the other a dwelling with two households.]
[Single household] Mr. Felix Gómez, his wife Iris, his daughter Flor, and his son Arnulfo share expenditures.
[Two households] Mr. Roberto Marin, his wife Carmen, his daughter Annie, his son Mario, share expenditures of the dwelling and food with the family of his son Roberto Jr., Rita, and their sons: Jose Roberto and Estrella.
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You will register in the upper right part of the form, the following information:
[There is a sample image of pages 1 and 2 of the enumeration form, where questionnaire and household number 1 along with question 21 indicate that there is only one household in the dwelling.]
If the answer to the question is "No", this indicates that there is more than one household or group of persons that have separate expenses for food and independent budgets. Count the number of existing households. In this case, you must identify the main household and which are the additional households and continue as it is explained in part d (numeration of additional households in a dwelling), from chapter 2, general procedure rules (look at page 50 of this manual).
Example:
Mr. Cárcamo resides in his dwelling with his wife and his younger daughter, his niece and his niece's son. He declares that his niece cooks separately and they have separate budgets.
[There is a picture representing the previous example and another picture with an example of a dwelling with two households.]
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You will register in the upper right part of the enumeration form the following information:
[There are two sample images of pages 1 and 2 of the enumeration form. The first one has questionnaire and household number 1, and question 21 indicates 2 households in the dwelling. The second one has questionnaire 1 and household number 2 and the rest is crossed out with diagonal lines.]
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That is, in the end you will have two enumeration forms with the same questionnaire number, but with a different identification number for each household.
Note: The questionnaire for the additional household must have all the sections filled out, except 2, information on the dwelling, in this case for the second household.
If the respondent does not know which the main household is, help her asking who is the head or owner of the house, the person responsible for renting, or the person who pays for most of expenditures; the rest of households must be classified as additional households.
[There is a sample image of question 21 from the enumeration form.]
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Example of a dwelling and two households:
[There is a picture below the text.]
The main household occupies most of the rooms (living room, two rooms for sleeping and an exclusive room dedicated to sewing). There is direct access to the street from their living room.
The secondary household occupies a room ceded by the main home and to go out, they go through the dining room of the main household.
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Remember prior to completing the questionnaires of dwellings with more than one household:
[There is a table below the text.]
Questionnaire for the main household
1. Complete Section I Location of the dwelling, boxes of Questionnaire No. and Household No.
2. Ask questions from Section II Information on the dwelling
3. Complete Section III Information on the household
4. Complete Section IV List of occupants
5. Complete Section V to Section VIII: General, educational, economic, fertility and mortality characteristics.
Remember that at the end of the interview you should fill in the box that appears under the list of occupants: Total number of enumerated persons by sex (men and women).
Questionnaire for secondary household(s)
1. Complete Section I Location of the dwelling, boxes of Questionnaire No. and Household No. Remember to write down the same number of dwelling of that of the main household questionnaire.
2. Draw a diagonal on Section II Information on the dwelling
3. Complete Section III Information on the household
4. Complete Section IV List of occupants
5. Complete Section V to Section VIII: General, educational, economic, fertility and mortality characteristics.
Remember that at the end of the interview you should fill in the box that appears under the list of occupants: Total number of enumerated persons by sex (men and women).
