Consumer Expenditure Surveys
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Section 1 - General Survey Information
Part B - General Housing Characteristics
Type of Structure
- - Single family detached (detached structure with only one primary residence; however the structure could include a rental unit(s) in the basement, attic, etc.
- - Row or townhouse, inner unit (2, 3 or 4 story structure with two walls in common with other units and a private ground level entrance; it may have a rental unit as part of the structure)
- - End row or end townhouse (one common wall)
- - Duplex (detached 2 unit structure with one common wall between the units)
- - 3-plex or 4-plex (3 or 4 unit structure with all units occupying the same level or levels)
- - Garden (a multi-unit structure usually wider than it is high, having 2, 3, or possibly 4 floors; characteristically the units not only have common walls but are also stacked on top of one another)
- - High-rise (a multi-unit structure which has 4 or more floors)
- - Apartment or flat (a unit not described above; could be located in the basement, attic, second floor, or over the garage of one of the units described above)
- - Mobile home or trailer
- - College dormitory
- - Other
Fuels
- - Gas
- - Electricity
- - Fuel
- - Fuel Oil
- - Other
- - No fuel used
Included with the housing unit
- - Swimming pool
- - Off-street parking
- - Porch, terrace, patio, or balcony
- - Apartment or guest house
- - Central air conditioning
- - Window air conditioning
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Last Modified Date: September 19, 2008