Concepts
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RESIDENT IN THE DWELLING: Person who is present at the accommodation in the reference period and the accommodation is his/her main residence or, if he/she is absent, he/she does not permanently occupy any other accommodation.
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CONVENTIONAL DWELLING: Dwelling consisting on a room or suite of rooms and its accessories in a permanent building or structurally separated part thereof, having a separate access to a street (direct or via a garden or grounds) or to a common space within the building (staircase, passage, gallery and so on).
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REFERENCE PERIOD: Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
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HOUSEHOLD DWELLING
: Dwelling that is normally intended to accommodate only one family, on the condition that it is not being used for other purposes at the period of reference.
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BUILDING: Permanent construction, endowed with independent access, covered and limited by exterior walls or dividing walls which extend from the foundations to the roof, whether designed for human use or other purposes.
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ROOM: Space in a housing unit that is enclosed by walls and is at least 4 m2 in area and mostly 2 metres high. Space in a dwelling that is enclosed by walls and is at least 4 m2 in area and mostly 2 metres high. Although meeting the conditions laid down, corridors, balconies, verandas, marquees, bathrooms, pantries, hallways, and the kitchen if less than 4 m2 are not considered as such.
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HOUSEHOL DWELLING OF USUAL RESIDENCE: Occupied household dwelling that is the place of usual residence of at least one household.
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DWELLING: Separate and independent place which, by the way it was built, rebuilt, enlarged, transformed or is being used, is intended for housing with the condition that it is not being used for other purposes at the time of reference: by separate it is meant that it is surrounded by conventional walls or other type, is covered and allows a person or group of persons to sleep, prepare meals or shelter from the weather separately from other members of the community; by independent it is meant that its occupants do not have to cross other accommodations to enter or leave the accommodation where they live.
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PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE: Living quarter that is the residence of at least one household for most of the year or to which the household has transferred all or most of its belongings.
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