Interviewer instructions
4.4.- Question No. 2.- Occupancy, tenure, rental.
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4.4.1.- Occupied: is a Private Dwelling where one or more persons reside on the date of the census, May 14, 1973 or the day of enumeration.
It can be occupied under only one of the following forms of Ownership:
4.4.1.1.- Rented: When rent is paid for living in it.
If a Private Dwelling is rented, the amount in colones that is paid by the month should be written down. Do not write down cents. For example: If they pay 300, 50 colones, only write down 300.oo colones.
If the form of payment is not monthly, write it down in "Observations", for example: Weekly, every two weeks, annually, etc.
4.4.1.2.- Owned: is a Private dwelling that belongs to the Head of the Census Family or to some or all of the members of the family.
A dwelling is owned even when it is mortgaged, or is not completely paid for.
Hovels and dwellings in poor areas, write them down as owned.
4.4.1.3.- Other: Included in this form of ownership are private dwellings that are not found to be occupied, by "Renters" Rented or by "Owners" Owned.
Examples: When a family inhabits a dwelling freely [without paying]. When a worker or employee of a farm lives in a house for which rent is not paid, that is, the dwelling is ceded for the services that are provided, or for other reasons.
4.4.2.- Unoccupied: is a Private Dwelling in which one or more persons does not reside on the date of the census May 14, 1973 or the day of enumeration.
It can be unoccupied under only one of the following forms of ownership: for rent, for sale, for the summer, under repair, under construction, other, do not know.
When a dwelling is under construction, the degree of construction should be taken into account on the date of the census May 14, 1973 or the day of enumeration.
If a Private Dwelling is unoccupied because it is going to be torn down or is in the process of demolition, it should not be taken into account in the census.
Keep in mind that marginal and mobile dwellings, by definition, only are to be enumerated if they are occupied on the day of enumeration.
If the dwelling was written down as unoccupied, finish the enumeration of this dwelling with this question.
