Literal question
1. Type of dwelling: (basic)
[] 1 House
[] 2 Indigenous house
[] 3 Apartment
[] 4 Type of room
[] 5 Other type of dwelling (tent, boat, natural refuge, bridge, etc.)
CTL1. How many groups of persons cook their food as separate groups and habitually reside in this dwelling (Basic) _ _
CTL2. Order number of the household in the dwelling (Basic) (Only in DMC) _ _
Interviewer instructions
Types of dwelling
House
It is a building consisting of a single unit, whose use is of dwelling, with direct access to a public street or to the outside of the building. Sanitary service and kitchen can be inside it or not. Also those buildings in which the garage, living room or any room is meant for economic use are considered houses. Examples: They are dwelling units of this type of semi-detached houses of the majority in urban centers, houses of closed collections, chalets, cabins, houses of waste material (hovel), the houses that have a bathroom and kitchen in the patio (farms).
Indigenous house
It is a building made that forms a single unit, whose use is that of dwelling, built according to the customs of each ethnic group conserving the traditional structure. According to the ethnic group and the region, they receive different names like: Maloca, Bohío, Tambo, Choza or House.
Apartment
It is a dwelling unit that makes part of a building, in which there are one or more units that generally are of dwelling. It has direct access to outside or by hallways, patios, corridors, stairways or escalators. It has sanitary service and kitchen inside it.
Example: Multifamily blocks generally are built for apartments, a house that is redone to build many dwelling units with sanitary service and kitchen for each new unit, they are turned into many apartments.
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"Room" type
It is a dwelling unit that makes up part of a building and that has one or more spaces. It has direct access to outside or through hallways, patios, corridors and other spaces of common circulation. In general it lacks sanitary service and kitchen inside it, or only has one of these services.
This type of dwelling is different than rooms or bedrooms or rooms of a dwelling in which the residents enter and leave through spaces that do not correspond to common areas like living room, dining rooms or other bedrooms and therefore do not fulfill the condition of "independence."
Examples: Buildings that we normally know with the name tenement homes, where many households are inhabited, they constitute dwellings of the "room" type, since the kitchen and bathroom are normally in the patio.
A "room" type dwelling can only be found in a building that before had been only a dwelling unit (house) and that was redone to become a "room" type dwelling (without sanitary service and/or kitchen inside it) and another type of apartment, with sanitary services inside it.
A garage with a bathroom that is rented for sleeping becomes a "room" type dwelling since its use is not to store cars, but rather for dwelling.
Special case:
In big buildings meant for uses different than dwelling like industrial, commercial or services, "room" type dwellings or apartments can be found depending on whether they comply with ownership or not having sanitary services or kitchen in them. Generally, they are spaces that have been adapted for this reason.
Other type of dwelling
It is a space adapted for dwelling, where at the moment of the interview, people inhabit it. Generally it lacks sanitary service and kitchen. Examples are train cars, dumpsters, vessels, tents, caves, bridges and huts.
