Literal question
For sample private households only
[Questions H1-9 were asked of sample private households only]
H1. Type of living quarter (Determined from appearance of dwelling)
[] 1 Detached house
[] 2 Town house
[] 3 Apartment, flat, condominium, and others
[] 4 Row house
[] 5 Concrete row house
[] 6 Room
[] 7 Office room
[] 8 Mobile
[] 9 Others
Interviewer instructions
2. Type of living place
This is a description of the structure a given household resides in. It can be classified as:
2.1 Single house
A house that is built as a single structure and it contains a kitchen, garage, and servant's quarter. It is the house in which persons in the same household live together. Alternatively, it refers to several houses located in the same surrounding that have a strong protecting enclosure and where several people of the same household live together.
A Thai style house, where separate houses are joined together with a platform and used as a residence for people from the same household. In the case that separate houses in the Thai style have separate households residing in them, the Thai house is still considered as a single house.
A float house that is built on a pond or reservoir, if separately located, is also considered as a single house.
In the case that a house has no walls, if there are several households living together, the principal household is considered as a single house and other households as other houses.
2.2 Town house (including twin house)
Townhouse is a building with two units or more attached to one another by common walls on one or more sides. The building can be a single storey or multiple floors. In some cases, the building is located away from the edge of the road, leaving space for car parking or other purposes.
2.3 Suite
A suite is a group of rooms that are part of a building that can be used by a household as a living place. A suite must consist of a kitchen, toilet and entrance walkway of one own. Examples of suites include apartments, flats, condominiums, mansions, and condotel. [A condotel as known as a condo hotel is a building that is used both as a condominium and hotel].
2.4 Row building, row house
This is a building, a room or a house used by the household to live in. This particular type of a house has two or more than two units in a row and has one or more than one common wall separating each unit. The building can be a single storey or multiple floors. Row houses or row buildings also include row floating houses of workers of the Royal Irrigation Department.
2.5 A room in the house
This is one or more rooms used as a living place for a household in a single house, where there are more than one households living in the house. There may be a kitchen, a toilet or an entrance walkway for the room. Alternatively, all the households may live in separate rooms but share a common kitchen, toilet and the entrance walkway.
If a single house has a principal household (a household that occupies a major portion of the house) and other households that use a partial area of the house, the living place of the principal household is considered a single house and that of other households as rooms in a single house. This allocation occurs regardless of whether a household belongs to the owner or a renter.
2.6 Living place in a building or office
This is a room or several rooms within a building, office or storage shade in which a particular household lives. Examples include the living quarters of an office watchman, and a timber warehouse in which laborers live.
2.7 Boat, floating house, or automobile
These are mobile structures in which a household can live.
2.8 Other private living place
These are other living places in which a household can live, but it cannot be a cave, a space underneath a bridge, or a temporary shade where a laborer lives temporarily.
5.5.3 Part 3 Questions on housing
[Ask only for the sample private household]
H1: Type of living quarter
(Determine from appearance of dwelling)
[Table summarizing column H1 not presented here]
1. Detached house
2. Townhouse
3. Apartment, flat, condominium and others
4. Row house
5. Concrete row house
6. Room
7. Office room
8. Boat, house boat or mobile home
9. Others
Procedure for recording the form
Record the codes that correspond to the type of living quarter in the check box. Consideration should be made based on the appearance of the house (for example: the house looks like the shade (no walls) and it contains several households living together). In consideration for the type of living quarters, the living place of the main household is the detached house, and other households have their living place classified as "Others".
