Concepts
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DWELLING: A separate and independent place which was built, rebuilt, enlarged or converted to be used as a private accommodation, and that is not totally occupied for other purposes during the reference period. Separate means hat the place is enclosured by classic or any other type of walls, covered, and allowing a person or group of persons to sleep, cook and shelter from intemperate weather, apart from other members of the collectivity. Independent means that its occupants do not have to pass or go through any other dwelling to get in or out the dwelling they live in.
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ROOM: Room in housing/dwelling surrounded by walls mostly at least 2 m high and with an area of at least 4 m2. Although the following may fit the defining description, they are not considered rooms: corridors, balconies, enclosed balconies, pantries, vestibules and kitchen if its total area is less than 4 m2.
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REFERENCE PERIOD: The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
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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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CONVENTIONAL DWELLING: A room or suite of rooms and its accessories in a permanent building or structurally separated part thereof which, by the way it has been built, rebuilt or converted, is intended for habitation by one household. It should have 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). Detached rooms for habitation which are clearly built, rebuilt, converted, etc., to be used as part of a dwelling should be counted as part of the dwelling.
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KITCHEN: A place intended and equipped for the preparation of main meals that is, in fact, used for this purpose even if it also serves as a dining or living room.
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