Classification Detail
Classification of housing unit by toilet facilities
Basic Bibliographic Information
Status:
Operational
Type:
To Be Determined
Citation:
Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Revision 3. ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/67/Rev.3
ISBN:
978-92-1-161597-5
Website:
Custodian:
United Nations Statistics Division
Available Formats:
Print, PDF
Year Adopted:
2015
Year Published:
N/A
Available Languages (besides English):
Français, Español, العربية, Pусский, 中文 Details...
Français
Classification pour répertorier les unités d’ habitation en fonction des lieux d’ aisances
ISBN:
978-92-1-261214-0
Español
Clasificación recomendada de la unidad de habitación por tipo de instalaciones de retrete
ISBN:
978-92-1-661024-1
العربية
Pусский
Классификация жилищных единиц с точки зрения сантехнического канализационного оборудования
ISBN:
978-92-1-461019-9
中文
按厕所设备的住房单元分类
ISBN:
978-92-1-730122-3
Availability:
Fully available in all of the languages above
Purpose of the Classification
Statistical Domains:
1.7 Human settlements and housing
Purpose:
To identify on whether the housing units have as having a toilet, additional information may be sought to determine whether the toilet is used exclusively by the occupants of the living quarters being enumerated or whether it is shared with the occupants of other living quarters. For living quarters reported as having no toilet, it would be useful to know whether the occupants have the use of a communal facility and the type of facility, whether they have the use of the toilet of other living quarters and the type, or whether there is no toilet of any kind available for the use of the occupants.
Main Applications:
Collection of housing units data in censuses
Main Users:
national statistical offices
Methodology
Scope:
Housing units
Concept Being Classified:
census
Statistical Units:
Housing units
Main Principles:
N/A
Classification Structure
Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
-
1
3 items
Level 2
-
1.1
6 items
Level 3
-
1.1.1
10 items
Remarks:
Recommendation according to the 'Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses'
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
Official Adopting Entity:
UN Statistical Commission
Coordinating Entity:
United Nations Statistics Division
Reason for Latest Revision:
Update Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses
Supporting Documents
Coding Index Available:
No
Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Contact Information
Comments
This classification has been published in the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, adopted by the UN Statistical Commission on 6 March 2015. Translations into other languages will be available in due course. Current translations are available in previous revision.