Literal question
117. Type of tenure
[Question 117 was asked of persons who lived in occupied private or collective household, per Question 116.]
[] 1 Owned by the household or one of its members (skip to Q 119)
[] 2 Rented unfurnished
[] 3 Rented furnished
[] 4 Owned by a relative (skip to Q 119)
[] 5 For work (skip to Q 119)
[] 6 Free (skip to Q 119)
[] 7 Other (specify) ____ (skip to Q 119)
Interviewer instructions
Type of ownership of the housing unit which is one of the following types:
[] 1 Owned by the household or one of its members
[] 2 Rented without furniture
[] 3 Rented with furniture
[] 4 Owned by one of the relatives
[] 5 In return for work: If the employer reserves this housing unit for the individual(s) who work for it whether this employer is governmental or private, and whether this housing unit is owned by the employer or the employer pays rent to the original owner.
[] 6 Free of charge
[] 7 Other
Question 117 - type of ownership of the housing unit:
This question is only addressed to housing units which are populated by private or collective households; meaning, if the reply in question 116 is one of the codes 1 or 2. The enumerator enters the code of the reply in the appropriate place. In general and prevalent cases it is when the housing unit is owned by the household or one of its members, code 1. In this case, move to question 119 it is also possible that the housing unit is unfurnished rent, code 2. It could be furnished rent, code 3 in this case, so continue to complete the data for question 118.
In some cases, the housing unit could be owned by one of extended family members, but not a member of the household, code 4 the housing unit could be occupied by a private or collective household and no rent is paid in return for occupancy. A public or private establishment could agree with an individual to work in Jordan. It is possible that one of the terms of the contract is to provide furnished or non furnished housing for this individual and his family. Some companies or institutions could provide in some cases housing
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for some categories of workers per specific conditions. For all these cases, the ownership of the building is return for a work; i.e. code 5. In this case the residents in the housing unit do not pay a monetary rent in return for the housing benefit. In some cases, the housing unit could be occupied by a private household and none of the residents pays the rent. The housing unit is used by its residents without a payment for a limited or non-limited period. For all these cases, the ownership of the housing unit is free of charge; i.e. code 6. The type of the occupancy of the housing unit could be other; i.e. code 7. For all these cases, codes 4 -- 7, it is directly proceeded to question 119. When the type of occupancy of the housing unit is owned by the household or one of its members, it is proceeded to question 119.
