Literal question
H6. Acquisition of housing unit
How did you acquire this housing unit?
(Please cross out one of the selections below)
[] Purchased
[] Constructed by the owner/occupants with or without help of
friends/relatives
[] Constructed by hired/skilled worker
[] Constructed by an organized contractor
[] Inherited (Skip to H8)
[] Others (lottery, gift) (Skip to H8)
Interviewer instructions
H6 Acquisition of housing unit
Ask the question in H6, "How did you acquire this housing unit?" only if the entry in H5 is Owned/being amortized. Mark the circle which describes how the household acquired the housing unit.
The different categories for this item and their corresponding codes are:
1 Purchased
2 Constructed by the owner/occupants with or without the help of friends/relatives
3 Constructed by hired/skilled workers - The owner of the housing unit took charge of purchasing construction materials and hiring construction workers and directly supervised the construction of the housing unit
4 Constructed by an organized contractor - The owner entered into a contract with a general contractor for the latter to supply either labor only or both labor and materials
5 Inherited
6 Others (lottery, gift)
If the answer in this question is Inherited or Others (lottery, gift), skip to H8.
