Literal question
II. Information about the dwelling
(Only for household number one)
7. Occupancy of the dwelling
[] 1 Occupied with people present
[] 2 Occupied, but no people present (end here)
[] 3 Vacant (end here)
Interviewer instructions
II. Dwelling information
[Applies to household number one only]
7. Occupancy of the dwelling
Take into account the following criteria:
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Occupied with persons present
When at the moment of the census a person or persons are present in a dwelling who live in it.
Occupied with all persons absent
When in a dwelling there is furniture and domestic equipment, but its inhabitants are absent at the moment of the census; or when an adequate interviewed person is not found in the dwelling, for example when they are only children, or only with persons with communication difficulties or only domestic employees, etc.
Unoccupied
When a dwelling is uninhabited.
Before selecting the response, verify the condition of occupancy. If you do not receive a response when knocking on a dwelling, consult with the neighbors to know if it is uninhabited (option 3) or its inhabitants are absent in the moment of the census (option 2).
Do not trust signs such as "for sale" or "for rent", it is possible that it is occupied. Always knock on the door.
You can find the case of dwellings that are used for lodging in certain times of the year, as vacations, three day weekends, weekends (persons who at times occupy it reside in another place). Consider them unoccupied.
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If you marked option 3, "unoccupied", erase the annotation that you made in question "2. No. of the household within the dwelling" and write 00. Stop filling out the form here and continue to the next dwelling.
