Literal question
Building type
[Refers to items I and II.]
I. Private (Family)
[] 01 House
[] 02 Villa
[] 03 Mediagua (small unit with sloped roof)
[] 04 Shack (covacha)
[] 05 Rustic cabin (choza)
[] 06 Rancho (poor construction possibly with cane or straw roof)
[] 07 Other ____ (specify)
II. Non-family
[] 11 Hotel, boarding house, inn, etc.
[] 12 Hospitals, asylums, etc.
[] 13 Convents, dormitories, etc.
[] 14 Prisons, reformatories
[] 15 Barracks
[] 16 Worker's camps
[] 17 Other ____ (specify)
Interviewer instructions
Type of building. For the purposes of the census, we give the names:
a) House, to any building made of permanent materials, such as: concrete, brick, adobe, wood, etc., and which has a floor made of wood, stone tile or brick, and a ceiling;
b) Villa, to any building like the previous one and which has a garden at the entrance to the structure.
c) "Mediagua" (small construction with sloped roof), to any building of only one floor, with walls made of adobe or adobón, without a ceiling and with an earth floor.
d) Shack (covacha), to any building of only one floor, made of cane or a mixture of sticks, cane and mud, without a ceiling and with a floor made of cane or earth;
e) Rustic cabin (choza), to any building that has adobe or straw walls, an earth floor, and a straw roof;
f) Rancho, to a building that is generally raised off the ground with piles or posts, has a floor made of cane or logs, walls made of cane and covered by palm branches or by some other type of plant (bijao [tropical plant with leaves like those of a banana tree], cadi [a type of large Ecuadorian palm tree] or cade, cane leaves, etc); and
g) Other, is any lightweight building, different from those previously mentioned, such as shacks, tents, palm-tree huts, etc.
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Dwelling. Is any, fixed or mobile, structurally separate or independent premises or enclosure that has been built or made, converted or prepared for the purpose of permanently or temporarily housing a census household.
Family dwelling. Is made up of a room or group of rooms meant to be used as a dwelling or domicile by a census family.
Non-family dwelling. Is a room or group of rooms that are used as housing for a group of generally unrelated people who live together and who make up a non-family group, such as: reformatories, convents, hotels, orphanages, work camps, and other similar housing premises.