INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOUSING TOPICS

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• INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOUSING TOPICS
• for the 2020 Round of Population and Housing
  Censuses
• United Nations Statistics Division

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Content

• Main objectives of conducting housing censuses
• Implementation of housing topics in the 2010
  round of censuses
• Recommendations for the 2020 round of censuses

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Main goals of conducting housing censuses

• Collecting information on
• supply of housing units
• size of housing units and collective living
  quarters
• structural characteristics and facilities
• of living quarters, buildings, households
• Developing benchmark statistics for building and
  construction statistics collected through
  administrative registers
• Continues up-to-date statistics

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Implementation of housing topics -2010 round

• Census questionnaires of 124 countries - 27 in
  Africa, 18 in North America, 6 in South America,
  27 in Asia, 24 in Europe, 22 in Oceania were
  compared with the recommended housing topics
  based on the questions and classifications
• National census questions were matched with the
  recommended topics in accurate manner to analyze
  what extent the recommended topics is implemented
  by the countries

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Main findings core topics
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Main findings non-core topics

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Main findings regional pattern

• Both topics are core
• Very low interest for ownership status except
  Europe
• Europe collected information on both topics

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Main findings regional pattern

• Both topics are core
• Only in Asia, more countries are interested in
  collecting data on source of drinking water,
  rather than the type of the water supply system
• Quite a few countries collected additional
  information on source of drinking water referring
  to special treatments-boiling, filtering - and
  the frequency of accessing water

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Additional topics covered by countries- not in
the PR

• Availability of space for car parking
• Position of dwelling in the building
• Availability of recycling system for disposing
  garbage
• Year of moving in the housing unit
• Sources of income
• Ownership of secondary/other housing unit

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Recommendations for the 2020 round
No. Topic Living quarter Living quarter Building Household
No. Topic Housing unit Collective living quarter Building Household
1 Living quarters type of ? ?    
2 Location of living quarters ? ? ? ?
3 Occupancy status ?      
4 Ownership type of ?      
5 Rooms number of ?     ?
6 Bedrooms number of ?     ?
7 Useful floor space ? ?   ?
8 Water supply system ? ?   ?
9 Drinking water - main source of ? ?   ?
10 Toilet type of ? ?   ?
11 Sewage disposal ?     ?
12 Solid waste disposal main type of ?     ?
13 Bathing facilities ? ?   ?
14 Kitchen availability of ? ?   ?
15 Fuel used for cooking ?     ?
16 Lighting and/or electricity type of ? ?   ?
17 Heating - type and energy used ?     ?
18 Hot water - availability of ?     ?
19 Piped gas - availability of ?     ?
20 Use of housing unit ?     ?
21 Occupancy by one or more households ?     ?
? Core topic ? Core topic, derived
? Additional topic
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No. Topic Living quarter Living quarter Building Household
No. Topic Housing unit Collective living quarter Building Household
22 Occupants number of ? ?   ?
23 Building type of     ?  
24 Year or period of construction ?   ?  
25 Dwellings in the building - number of ?   ?  
26 Position of dwelling in the building     ?  
27 Accessibility to dwelling ?      
28 Construction material of outer walls ?   ?  
29 Construction material of floor and roof ?   ?  
30 Elevator - availability of ?   ?  
31 Farm building ?   ?  
32 State of repair ?   ?  
33 Age and sex of the reference person of the household       ?
34 Tenure       ?
35 Rental and housing costs       ?
36 Furnished/unfurnished ?     ?
37 ICT devices availability of       ?
38 Cars number of available       ?
39 Durable household appliances availability of       ?
40 Outdoor space access to       ?
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Recommendations for 2020 round of censuses

• Main revisions
• Two new topics additional (non-core) topics
• Position of dwelling in the building
• Accessibility to dwelling
• Revisions in the classification of
• Bathing facilities
• Building by type
• Construction materials of outer walls, roof and
  floor
• Tenure

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Main revisions New topics
Position of dwelling in the building (Non-core
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The following classification of dwellings by
position in the building is recommended 1.
Dwelling on one floor only 1.1 Dwelling
below the ground floor 1.2 Dwelling on
the ground floor of the building
1.3 Dwelling on the 1st or 2nd floor of
the building 1.4
Dwelling on the 3rd or 4th floor of the
building 1.5 Dwelling on the 5th
floor of the building or higher
2. Dwellings on two or more floors 2.1
Dwelling on the ground floor of
the building or below ground level 2.2
Dwelling on the 1st or 2nd floor of
the building 2.3 Dwelling on the 3rd
or 4th floor of the building
2.4 Dwelling on the 5th floor of the
building or higher   For dwellings on
two or more floors, information should be
provided with reference to the lowest floor level
of the dwelling.
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Main revisions New topics
Accessibility to dwelling (Non-core
topics)   The following classification of
accessibility to the front door of the
dwelling/housing unit is recommended, based on
the presence of ramps, steps, and lifts   1.
Access with no steps or ramp 2. Access by
ramp 3. Access by disabled stair lift 4. Access
using lift only (though the building may
have staircases as well) 5. Access by using
only steps 6. Access only by using both lift and
steps
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Main revisions- Classifications
Bathing facilities (Core topic)
Alternatively, the following classification may
be more appropriate in certain circumstances  1.
Separate room for bath or shower within the
housing unit 2. No separate room for bath or
shower but bathing space available within the
housing unit (for example it may be in an open
area around the well within the housing unit, in
the courtyard) 3. Bathing room available but
outside the housing unit for exclusive use 4.
Shared bathing room outside the housing unit 5.
No specific bathing room available  
The recommended classification of housing units
by availability and type of bathing facilities is
as follows   1. With fixed bath or shower within
housing unit 2. Without fixed bath or shower
within housing unit 2.1 Fixed bath or shower
available outside housing
unit 2.1.1 For exclusive use 2.1.2
Shared 2.2 No fixed bath or shower
available  
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Main revisions- Classifications
Buildings by type (Core topic)

• Additional categories for non-residential
  buildings

  1. Residential buildings 1.1 . Buildings
containing a single housing
unit 1.1.1 Detached 1.1.2 Attached
1.2 Buildings containing more than one
housing unit 2.2.1 Up to 2 floors 2.2.2 From
3 to 4 floors 2.2.3 From 5 to 10
floors 2.2.4 Eleven floors or
more 1.3 Buildings for persons living in
institutions 1.4 Other residential
buildings 2. Non-residential buildings 
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Main revisions- Classifications
Construction materials of floor and roof
(Non-core topic)
Construction material of outer walls (Core topic)
    1. Burnt clay (bricks, blocks, panels),
stone, concrete 2. Unburnt clay, mud,
earth 3. Wood 4. Bamboo 5. Corrugated sheets 6.
Prefabricated units 7. Other materials
1. Tile 2. Concrete 3. Metal sheeting 4. Wood 5.
Bamboo 6. Palm, straw 7. Mud 8. Plastic
sheeting 9. Other materials
Classifications for two topics are introduced
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Main revisions- Classifications
Tenure (core topic)
1. Household owns housing unit 2. Household
rents all or a part of housing unit 2.1 As a
main tenant 2.2 As a subtenant 3. Household
occupies housing unit partly free of rent 4.
Household occupies housing unit wholly free of
rent 5. Household occupies housing unit under
some other arrangement  

• Simplification of the exiting categories member
  of household owns housing unit or rents housing
  unit
• New category for distinguishing partly or wholly
  free of rent