Literal question
[Questions 1-13 were asked in cases of a housing unit or a collective living quarter, except hotels or similar and institutions of "other type" -- that is occupied as a usual residence or for seasonal use, per questions A, B]
If your dwelling is a tent, rudimentary timber house, mobile home, temporary or improvised home, end this questionnaire. [skip questions 7-13]
[Questions 7-13 were asked in cases of a housing unit or a collective living quarter (except hotels or similar and institutions of "other type"), that is occupied as a usual residence or for seasonal use, and is not a tent, rudimentary timber house, mobile home, temporary or improvised home, per questions A, B.]
8. Rooms: Indicate the number of rooms in the dwelling _ _
The following should not be considered as rooms: kitchen (even when used for other purposes as well), corridors, halls, bathrooms, verandas, store, room, or any other room exclusively used for a professional activity.
Interviewer instructions
[Questions 7-13 were asked in cases of a housing unit or a collective living quarter (except hotels or similar and institutions of "other type"), that is occupied as a usual residence or for seasonal use, and is not a tent, rudimentary timber house, mobile home, temporary or improvised home, per questions A, B]
Question 8 - Number of rooms in the dwelling:
As for a room we understand the space in a dwelling, delimited by walls, having at least 4 square meters and with 2 meters of height on the majority of the space.
Even though they can satisfy to the definition above, the following are not counted as rooms:
- The kitchen;
- Corridors, balconies;
- Bathrooms, dispensary, halls.
The rooms that are exclusively used for an economic activity should not be counted as rooms in this question.
A room that is used in some way for an economic activity but is also used as a family room should be counted as a room.
