Interviewer instructions
5. Land property ownership
This means a person in the household has property right to owning the land.
5.1 Land owner
This is a person in the household with legal right to the land property such as:
a) In the case that a buyer of land has not paid the entire cost of the house to the seller but transfers his property right as a mortgage in a bank, the buyer is considered owner of that land.
b) In the case that a person gets a land mortgage from a bank, or has collateral with his name as owner of the land in a document, the person is considered land owner.
c) In the case of a person who built a house on private land without notification, if living on that land for over 10 years even without paying land rent, the person is considered owner of the land. If staying fewer than 10 years, the person is considered as not paying land rent.
d) In the case of a person with a common right in land that has not been divided, the person is considered owner of the land.
5.2 Hire purchasing the land
This refers to the buying of land and paying in installments according to a written agreement. When payment is completed, then the buyer is considered owner of the land
5.3 Renting the land
This refers to construction of a house or other structures on land owned by others and where rent is paid to the owner of the land.
5.4 Not paying rent
This refers to a situation where the owner of the land allows a person to build a house or any other construction structure in his land free of charge. Not paying rent includes living on land owned by others, in a reserve forest or other public areas etc.
5.5 Other
This refers to owners of living places such as houseboat, boat or floating house which do not required land.
5.5.3 Part 3 Questions on housing
[Ask only for the sample private household]
H4: Tenure of land for this household
(Ask only those answered in H3, record code 1 or 2)
[Table summarizing column H4 is not presented here]
1. Owner
2. Hire purchaser
3. Rent
4. Rent free
5. Others
Procedure for recording the form
Ask only the households recorded as "1" or "2" - that is, [the respondent is] the owner or hire purchaser of the living quarter in item H3.
Question asked [of respondent]: "Do the person in the household own the land or is the hire purchaser of the land/rent the land/or rent free the land?"
Record code corresponding to the answer in the check box. If the type of living quarters of the household in item H1 was recorded as code "8" or "9" (boat, house boat, mobile home or others, etc.) and the possession of that particular living quarters in item H3 was recorded as code "1" or "2" (owner or hire purchaser) for the land ownership of the persons living in this household, [this quetion] must be recorded as code "5" - that is, "Other".
