Interviewer instructions
Nature of the occupancy of the building, and it is one of the following cases
[] 1 For residence only
[] 2 For work only
[] 3 For worship
[] 4 For entertainment/culture
[] 5 Polyvalent
[] 6 Closed (i.e., the building is neither useful to be residential or for work)
[] 7 Empty
[] 8 Under construction
Question 135 - nature of the occupancy of the building:
This question is about the nature of occupancy of the building; in other words whether the building specializes for "residence only". The enumerator writes the code of the answer, 1, in the appropriate field. The building could be for "work only" or "worship only", or it could be for different purposes (residence and work, residence and worship, or work or worship...). This means that the building is multipurpose. The enumerator in this case
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Records code 5 in the corresponding field. What was mentioned earlier is about occupied and busy buildings. For the non-occupied buildings, or not used regardless of its type, the enumerator records the code of the answer that applies. It is possible that the building is closed. For example, the building is occupied but the occupants are absent at the time of the census. It is also possible that the building is empty. In other words, it is not occupied either because it is for rent, or its occupants are in emigrants to another country. With respect, to the nature of the occupancy of the building "under construction", this means that the building is under construction and not complete nor ready for residence or use at the time of census regardless of whether it was possible to know its type or not.
It should be noted that some building could have a part or parts that are populated while other parts are closed or empty, or under construction. In this case, the description of the building is "for residence only". The enumerator cannot describe the building as multipurpose. It is also possible that the type of the building is "apartment building" or house of which the construction is complete, but it is still being cleaned. It is also known that this building will become a mosque for example, and that it will be used for worship. However, regardless of the fact that the nature of future occupancy of the building is known, the enumerator has to enter the answer code "under construction" because this building is still under construction like the villa being cleaned currently and it is known that it will be occupied in the future. However, since it is currently under construction, the code that corresponds to the nature of its occupancy at the time of the census, rather than its future use, is the one that is written.
However, if the type of the building in the question 133 is "under construction", the enumerator has to characterize the building occupancy as "under construction".
With respect to the furnished building which are for rent and which are unpopulated at the time of the census of the housing units, the nature of their occupancy is considered as empty just like the other non furnished buildings that put out for rent and of which the occupancy characteristic is empty as well.
