In-depth Analysis of Census Data on Housing

1. Country Course on Analysis and Dissemination of Population and Housing Census Data with Gender Concern 24-28 October 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia In-depth Analysis of Census Data on Housing

2. Housing Census • A housing census may be carried out along with a population census or independently. • Why need census on housing? • To know housing stock – living quarters (LQ) and housing units. • identification of the above is a issue. Shops and boutiques where no one resided have been enumerated as LQ. Some time used as residences. Definition is important.

3. Growth of housing stock relative to population One should be cautious in interpreting the faster growth of housing in relation to population as the housing stock needed is dependent on the age distribution. Male 25 years of more to be considered specially. • Structural characteristics and quality of housing units. Quality is relative and its measurement is difficult. Clearly to measure quality of a housing unit more data are needed than collected at a census. Structural quality of Housing may be judged is the nature of construction materials. E.g. bricks, walls, tilled, roof and cement floor.

4. Based on materials of construction, three types of housing units have been identified. 1.Permenant units 2.Semi – permanent units 3.Improvised units • Material Construction: wall – this could be regarded as the most deterministic of the durability as well as the quality of housing units Nor are cement floors usually found in houses build of cadjan.

5. The existence of durable walls of cement, stone, brick or cabook in a housing unit does not always imply good quality • Roof – The type and structure of roof are different according to urban and rural sector • Floor – Sectorally urban housing has better constructed floor compared with rural houses • There is a another issue which sharing of housing units by households as of shortage of housing units • Multi household system is certainly not norm in some of the country.

6. Size of housing units • The average number of rooms- Permanent houses have more rooms than semi permanent house

7. Measures of Hosing conditions • Occupancy ratio • - the average of occupants per housing units • Occupancy ratio = No: of occupants No. of house holds Neither the occupancy ratio nor the number of rooms per housing unit gives a quantitative indication of the adequacy of living spaces .However, an idea can get about the density per occupants per room.

8. Measures of Housing Conditions • Occupancy rates • OR measures dwelling stock is being used, potentially highlighting under-and over utilization: • Measures the average persons per dwelling • Dwelling occupancy rate = Total population occupied private dwellingsTotal number of occupied private dwellings • RO measures the average room occupancy rate for each type of dwelling, or number of person per room • Room occupancy rate = Total population Total number of rooms

9. Housing density • Housing density = Total dwellings Total land area

10. Household headship rate • HHR = household heads age x • Population age x living in households Where K = 1 or 100 • Consider Policy Options * K

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