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H - 1: Type of housing unit
In this question we are interested in knowing the different types of housing units such as traditional structures, mixed structures, mobile, conventional and improvised structures etc. Shade the appropriate code.
Traditional Housing Unit: This is the type of housing mostly found in rural parts of Zambia.. It is usually made of mud material around the walls and the roof is usually thatched. Most traditional huts have a hat shaped roof. Even if it is located in urban areas it must be recorded as traditional hut. A traditional housing unit is indigenous to a particular village irrespective of building materials.
Improved Traditional Unit: This refers to the type of housing also common in rural areas that is considered "improved" by the materials used for either the walls or the roofing. Some of these huts may have red brick or burnt brick walling and in some cases asbestos or even iron sheets in the roof. They are somewhat like traditional huts but have some improvement that sets them apart from typical traditional huts.
Mixed Housing Unit: Mixed housing units are of a mixed type i.e. with a unique combination of building materials. An example could be that of a conventional housing unit with concrete block walls with an extension of rooms with pole and dagga walls or a "cabin".
A Conventional House/Flats (Housing Unit): A conventional housing unit is a room or a set of rooms and its accessories in a permanent building. It can also be a structurally separated part of the permanent building by the way it has been built, rebuilt or converted. A conventional house is intended for habitation by one household and is not, at the time of enumeration, used wholly for other purposes. Examples: bungalows, flats/ apartments, etc. A Conventional Housing unit may just be one structure, several structures or part of a big structure. If it is part of a structure, then other parts may also be housing units, like in a block of flats, or be other than housing units, like a shop, an office, etc., or mixture of such units. In some cases, a place may be originally designed as a barn, warehouse, etc., and thus not intended for human habitation. Later on it may be converted into a housing unit by structural alterations, re-design, etc., and thus may now be fit and intended for habitation. In such cases, these will now be classified as conventional housing units.
Mobile Housing Unit: This is any type of living quarter that has been produced to be transported e.g. a tent. A mobile housing unit may also refer to a moving unit such as a ship, a boat, a caravan, trailers, boats, tents, etc. occupied as living quarters at the time of the census.
Part of Commercial building: This is a living quarter which is part of a commercial building, e.g. shop owners living on top of the shop.
An Improvised/Makeshift Housing Unit: An improvised housing unit is an independent, makeshift-shelter or structure built of mostly waste or salvaged materials and without a predetermined design or plan for the purpose of habitation by one household, which is being used as living quarters though it may not comply with generally accepted standards for habitation. Such a unit will be generally found in suburban shanty areas. Not all structures in shanty areas may be considered as improvised as many of these may have been built in a planned manner from regular building materials.
Collective Living Quarters: Collective living quarters include structurally separate and independent places of abode intended for habitation by large groups of individuals or several households with no common bond, public objective or interest. Such quarters usually contain common facilities such as kitchen, bathrooms, lounge or dormitories, which are shared by occupants. Examples are hotels, motels, inns, lodges, rooming houses, etc., which provide lodging on a fee basis.
Institutions: Institutions are sets of premises in a permanent structure or structures designed to house groups of persons (usually large) who are bound by either a common public objective or a common personal interest. In this type of living quarters persons of the same sex frequently share dormitories. Examples are Hospitals, military barracks, boarding schools, convents, seminaries, prisons, etc.
Unintended Living Quarters: Unintended living quarters are structurally separate and independent places of abode. They may have been built, constructed, converted or arranged for human habitation provided they are not at the time of the census used wholly for other purposes. They may also be in use for habitation at the time of the census although not intended for habitation.
Other: Other is a residual category of living quarters and includes bridges, storage warehouses, market stalls, shop corridors, garages, ship containers etc.
