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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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RESIDENT POPULATION: Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
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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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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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PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE: Place in which a person normally spends the daily period of rest (regardless of temporary absences for purposes of leisure, holiday, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment, or others) and where the person lives or intends to live for the most part of the year, taking the last 12 months as reference.
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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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