Interviewer instructions
B5 Year Building/House was Built
This provides the basis for appraising the building/house inventory in terms of durability, the expected rate of replacement, the estimate of the annual rate of building/house construction during the inter-censal period or the preceding 10 years. It also provides the estimate for maintenance costs and an insight into the housing patterns of the population.
The year the building was built refers to the year when the construction was completed and when ready for occupancy and not when construction began. Generally, building construction commenced and finished within the same year, although there are cases when the period of construction extends to several years. Report the year when the building was finished.
If the building is being constructed and vacant, enter 98 to signify that the question is not applicable to the building. If the building is being constructed but already occupied, enter the year when it was occupied.
Enter the appropriate code as per coding scheme below:
01 1990
02 1989
03 1988
04 1987
05 1986
06 1981 - 1985
07 1971 - 1980
08 1961 - 1970
09 1951 - 1960
10 1950 or earlier
98 Not Applicable
99 Don't know
If the respondent finds difficulty in giving the year the building/house was ready for occupancy, help approximate the year by mentioning some historical/national events. The respondent himself may mention an event that occurred when the building was built.
Examples:
a. 1950 or earlier
Prior to 1945 - President was either Osmena, Laurel, or Quezon
1945 - Liberation
1946 - Independence Day
1948 - Death of President Roxas
1948 - 1953 - President was Elpidio Quirino
b. 1951 - 1960
1954 - President Magsaysay was elected president
1957 - Death of President Magsaysay in a plane crash
1957 - 1960 - President was Carlos Garcia
c. 1961 - 1970
1961 - Diosdado Macapagal was elected president
1965 - Ferdinand Marcos was elected president
1968 - Ruby Towers was ruined by an earthquake
1969 - Ferdinand Marcos was re-elected (Sergio Osmena, Jr. was the presidential candidate
by the other party then)
d. 1971 - 1980
1972 - President Marcos declared Martial Law
1978 - Elections for Interim National Assembly (Ninoy Aquino was a candidate)
e. 1981 - 1985
1981 - Pope John Paul II came to the Philippines
1983 - Former Senator Benigno Aquino was assassinated
f. 1986
President Corazon Aquino was proclaimed president via People's Power/February Revolution
