Interviewer instructions
Section 8 - Housing
5.68 General
The information in this section relates to the building or part of the building used for living purposes. The information is to be recorded on the questionnaire for the Head of the Household only, and the required information must be given with respect to the entire household; no information on this topic is to be entered on the questionnaires for other members of the household.
Because the information is being sought from each household, this means that in some cases there will be different sets of replies with respect to the same building. The relevant instructions for non-private dwellings are given in Part 6.
5.70 Question 40 - Number of Rooms
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What is required here is the total number of rooms occupied by that particular household. The term "room" is taken to include those
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used for general living purposes such as bedrooms, dining rooms, drawing rooms, servants' rooms. Exclude garages, bathroom toilets, kitchens, verandas, passages, closets, foyers, and the like.
Where some rooms are used in common by more than one household, count such rooms only among those occupied by the household to which it is more accessible. Each room must be counted once only.
