Enumerator's Manual Chapter 4 - Concepts and Definitions

Republic of the Philippines
Philippine Statistics Authority
Enumerator’s Manual
Chapter 4 – Concepts and
Definitions
Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions

OUTLINE
4.1 Building
4.2 Housing Unit
4.3 Household
4.4 Household Population
4.5 Institutional Living Quarter
4.6 Institutional Population
4.7 Whom to Enumerate

4.1 BUILDING
Definition of a Building
A building is defined as any structure built, designed

or intended for the enclosure, shelter or protection
of any person, animal or property.
It consists of one (1) or more rooms and/or other spaces, covered by a roof,
and usually enclosed within external walls or with common dividing walls
with adjacent buildings, which usually extend from the foundation to the roof.
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4.1 BUILDING
Buildings to be Listed
Each building within the barangay/EA will be visited but not all buildings
will be included in the listing.
“Only those buildings that contain living quarters, whether occupied or

vacant, are to be listed.”
DID Living quarters are structurally separate

YOU W?
KN and independent places of abode.

4.1 BUILDING
Considered as living quarters are the following:
1. Those which have been constructed, built, converted or

arranged for human habitation, provided that they are not at
the time of the census used wholly for other purposes; or
2. Those which have been constructed for purposes other than

human habitation but actually being used as living quarters
at the time of the census.

4.1 BUILDING
B 1 Residential building that is presently occupied

U T by a household
I O
L Residential building is a building
D B
which, by the way it has been designed
I E
or constructed, is intended for abode.
N L
G I
S 2 Vacant residential building,
S
T
except that which is open to elements, that is, the
E roofs, walls, windows, and/or doors no longer
D protect the interior of the building from wind and rain
as a result of fire, deterioration or vandalism
4.1 BUILDING
B
U T Vacant deteriorated residential building,
3 which shows some signs that deterioration is being
I O
L prevented to some extent
D B
I E
N L New residential building which is still not
G I 4
S
occupied or still under construction,
S
if at the time of the visit, the roofs and walls are
T
E
already in place;
D

4.1 BUILDING
B
U T
5 Residential building which is presently not
I O occupied by a household but used for
L
B purposes other than residential, provided that it
D
I E still has one or more vacant housing units (VHU)
N L
G I
S S 6 ILQ in operation such as a hotel, motel, dormitory,
T lodging house, seminary, mental hospital, and others
E
D

4.1 BUILDING
B Nonresidential building presently occupied

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U T by a household
I O
L Nonresidential building is a building
D B
that has been designed or constructed for
I E
purposes other than residential.
N L
G I Example of nonresidential buildings:
S S
T • office • barn • school, and
E • rice mill • church • others.
D

4.1 BUILDING
B
U T Nonresidential building, which has one
8
I O or more VHUs with complete facilities
L for cooking, dining, and sleeping, with or without
D B
E inner partitions
I
N L
G I 9 Other structures not intended for human
S S habitation but are presently occupied by a
T household, such as a cart (kariton), abandoned
E railroad car, dilapidated bus, trailer, barge, boat,
D culvert, cemetery, and others.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT
Definition of a Housing Unit
A housing unit is a structurally separate and independent

place of abode which, by the way it has been constructed,
converted or arranged, is intended for habitation by one or
more households.
Structures that are not intended for habitation or natural and man-made
shelters, but which are used as living quarters by households are also
considered as housing units.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT

How to Identify Housing Units in a Building
Housing unit is intended for habitation by one household.
However, in some cases, two or more households may share

the same building or the same housing unit as their place of
habitation. The building may have more than one housing unit
but from its physical layout, the different housing units may not
be discernible.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT
Guidelines on How to Identify Housing Units in a Building
A portion of a building (a room or a group of rooms) qualifies as a

separate housing unit if it meets both the following requirements:
Separat Direct Housin

e-ness Access g Unit

4.2 HOUSING UNIT
Separateness
The portion of a building must have:
facilities for sleeping, preparing and

taking meals; and
its occupants must be isolated from

the other households in the building
by means of walls or permanent
partitions.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT
Direct Access
The portion of the building can be accessed directly

from the outside of the building, that is, the occupants
can come in to the portion of the building without passing

through anybody else’s premises from the street,
pathway, alley, road, yard, catwalk, public or communal
staircase, passage, gallery, grounds or through a
common hall.

Housing Unit 1 Housing Unit 2

E
N
T
R
A
N
C
E Example of Housing Unit
Common Hall with Direct Access from
a Common Hall

E
N
T
R
A
N
C
E Housing Unit 1
Example of Housing Unit

with Direct Access from
the Outside
E
Housing Unit 2
N
T
R
A
N
C
E

4.2 HOUSING UNIT
Discussions and illustrations of housing units are given

for a better understanding of the guidelines in identifying
housing units in a building.

1 A single house has been modified
E
N
T The modified structure has
Room 2 R
Room 1
A
N
four (4) rooms, a common hallway,
C
E
a common toilet and bath, and one
main entrance from the outside.
Hallway
The individual rooms can be
accessed from a common hallway.
Room 3
Room 4
The occupants take their meals and
sleep in their respective rooms.
This building has four (4) housing
units.
This building has four (4) housing units.

2 A house has two (2) rooms
The occupants of the rooms share

all the other areas in the house,
Kitchen
Room 1 including the kitchen and dining
E area. Since the occupants of the
N
T room have no private area for dining
Dining Area R
A and have to pass through the
N
C
common premises to reach their
E own room, this structure actually
Room 2 contains only a single housing unit.
This structure actually contains only a single housing unit.

3 A house has two storeys

Entrance 1 The first floor of the
house is subdivided
into two (2) units, each
having a separate
entrance from the
Stairs
outside. The access to
Stairs going
to 2nd floor
the second floor is the
stairs in the living room
of one of the units on
Entrance 2 the first floor. This
house has two (2)
Housing Unit 2
housing units.
FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR

4.2 HOUSING UNIT

Housing Units to be Listed
1. Occupied housing unit and VHU in a single

residential building.
2. Occupied housing unit and VHU in a multi-unit

residential building
3. Occupied barong-barong or shanty.
4. VHU in a residential building with one or more

housing units presently used for purposes other than
residential.
4.2 HOUSING UNIT

5. Housing unit that is still under construction, but

the roof and walls are already in place.

6. Occupied housing unit in ILQs such as a hotel,
motel, dormitory, lodging house, seminary, mental
hospital, prison, and others.

7. Occupied housing unit in a nonresidential
building such as an office, rice mill, barn, church,
school, and others.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT

8. VHU with complete facilities for cooking, dining, and

sleeping in an ILQ and nonresidential building.

9. Occupied mobile housing unit such as a boat, trailer,
cart (kariton),and others.

10. Occupied improvised housing unit in a structure such
as a culvert, abandoned truck, container van, tent,
railroad car, and others.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT

NOTE: A housing unit used only during certain times of the

year, vacation or weekends is considered a vacation/rest house
even though at the time of your visit, somebody is occupying it.
This housing unit is to be listed.

The persons using them should be enumerated in their usual
place of residence.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT
Housing Units EXCLUDED from Listing
1. Housing unit that is still under construction with no walls and

roof not yet in place.

2. VHU that is open to elements, that is, the roof and walls no
longer provide protection from the wind and rain and there are
no signs that deterioration is being prevented.

3. VHU that is being demolished.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT
Housing Units EXCLUDED from Listing

4. Structure such as a boat, trailer, culvert, abandoned truck,
container van, tent, railroad car, and others, which had been
used as an improvised housing unit or place of abode in the
past but is vacant at the time of visit.

5. All housing units in residential buildings used entirely for
purposes other than residential.

4.2 HOUSING UNIT
NOTE: If a housing unit appears to be vacant because nobody

responds to your call, ascertain from the neighbors whether or
not it is indeed vacant.

4.3 HOUSEHOLD
Definition of a Household
A household is a social unit consisting of a person living alone

or a group of persons who sleep in the same housing unit
and have a common arrangement in the preparation and
consumption of food.

4.3 HOUSEHOLD
A household may consists of:

persons who are related by kinship ties
several generations of familial ties
distant relatives

4.3 HOUSEHOLD
Some household members may have no relationship to the

head of the household, for example, household helpers, boarders,
and nonrelatives. They are considered as members of the
household provided that they sleep in the same housing unit and
have a common arrangement for the preparation and consumption
of food with the household and that they do not go home to their
family at least once a week.

4.3 HOUSEHOLD
A group of unrelated individuals, as in the case

of a group of students or workers who
decide to rent a place and make common arrangements
for the preparation and consumption of their food,
constitutes one household.

4.3 HOUSEHOLD
There are cases when two or more distinct family group

or groups of unrelated persons maintain separate food
arrangements even though they share one housing unit.
Each of these two or more distinct groups

constitutes a household.
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4.3 HOUSEHOLD
A person who shares a housing unit with a household

but separately cooks his/her meals or consumes his/her
food elsewhere is not considered a member of that
household.
This person should be listed as a separate

(one member) household.
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4.3 HOUSEHOLD
Two (2) groups of individuals who prepare and consume

their meals together but sleep in separate housing units
constitutes two (2) different households.
Exception: Sons/Daughters who are still economically dependent on their

parents but live in a separate but adjacent housing units for convenience;
they are considered members of their parents’ household.
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4.3 HOUSEHOLD
DID Economically dependent children

YOU W? are those who still derive/need financial support
KN
from their parents or other benefactors and
whose decision making rests on their
parents/benefactors.
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4.3 HOUSEHOLD
A household is different from a family.

Household helpers, boarders, and nonrelatives are not
considered as family members but are considered household
members for as long as they share the same housing unit with
the household and have a common arrangement in the
preparation and consumption of food.
For the purpose of this census, a family is regarded as a group of persons

usually living together and composed of the head and other persons
related to the head by blood, marriage or adoption.

4.4 HOUSEHOLD POPULATION
Definition of a Household Population
BASIC CRITERION IN LISTING

Household population HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
comprises of persons who
belong to a household. Usual place of residence
or the place where the
person usually resides.

Definition of a Household Population
Usual place of residence may be the same or different from

the place where he/she is found at the time of the census.
As a rule, it is the place where he/she usually sleeps.

Included as Members of a Household
1 Those who are present at the time of visit and whose

usual place of residence is the housing unit where
the household lives.
Family members who are overseas workers that are

2
away at the time of the census but expected to return
within five (5) years from the date of last departure.

DID Overseas worker is one who is currently out of the

YOU W? country due to an overseas employment. He/She:
KN
• may or may not have a specific work contract; or
• may be presently at home on vacation but has an
existing overseas employment to return to
 Undocumented overseas workers are still considered as members of the

household for as long as they have been away for not more than five years.
 Immigrants are excluded from the census.

Those whose usual place of residence is the place where

3
the household lives but are temporarily away at the time
of the census for any of the following reasons:
a. on vacation, business/pleasure trip or training

somewhere in the Philippines and are expected to be
back within six (6) months from the date of departure.


3
b. on vacation, business/pleasure trip or study/training

abroad and are expected to be back within a year
from the date of departure;
c. working or attending school outside their usual place
of residence but usually come home at least once a
week;


3
d. confined in a hospital for a period of not more than six (6)

months as of the time of enumeration.
Except when they are confined as patients in a mental

hospital, leprosarium/leper colony or drug rehabilitation
center, regardless of the duration of their confinement;


3
e. detained in a provincial/city/municipal jail or in military

camp for a period of not more than six (6) months as of
the time of enumeration.
Except when their sentence or detention is expected to

exceed six (6) months;


3
f. on board a coastal, interisland or fishing vessel within

Philippine territories; and
g. on board an oceangoing vessel but are expected to

be back within five (5) years from the date of
departure.
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Boarders/lodgers of the household or employees of a

4
household-operated business who do not usually
return/go to their respective homes weekly.
Citizens of a foreign country who have resided or are

5 expected to reside in the Philippines for at least a year
from their arrival
Except members of a diplomatic mission and non-
Filipino members of an international organization.

6 Filipino balikbayans with usual place of residence in a

foreign country but have resided or are expected to
reside in the Philippines for at least a year from their
arrival.
7 Persons temporarily staying with the household who

have no usual place of residence or who are not certain
to be enumerated elsewhere.

Take note of the following special cases:
1 If there are ten (10) or more boarders in the

household, DO NOT INCLUDE them as members
of the household with whom they live.
These boarders will all be considered as

institutional population and will be listed separately
from the household.

2 A person who lodges with a household but makes

arrangements for his/her own meals or takes his/her
meals outside is not considered a member of that
household.
He/she constitutes a one-member household.

3 Two (2) or more families who share the same housing

unit are considered as one household if they have a
common arrangement for the preparation and
consumption of food.
They comprise different households if they prepare

their food separately.

4 Two (2) or more unrelated individuals who share the

same housing unit also constitute one (1) household
if they have a common arrangement for the
preparation and consumption of food.
They comprise different households if they

prepare their food separately.

5 Persons who take their meals with a household but

sleep elsewhere are not considered members of that
household.

Definition of Homeless
Homeless refers to individuals or households living in the

streets or public spaces (such as parks and sidewalks) and all
those without any form of shelter.
Homeless or persons living in the street or public spaces who have no

usual place of residence or are not certain to be enumerated elsewhere
should be listed where they are found.

Definition of the Household Head
The household head is an adult member of the

household, male or female who is responsible for the
organization and care of the household, or who is regarded
as such by the members of the household.

Be reminded of the concepts and definitions of household

and household membership so as to avoid cases
of household members not being listed or non-household
members being included.

4.5 INSTITUTIONAL LIVING QUARTER
Definition of an Institutional Living Quarter
Institutional living quarter (ILQ) is a structurally separate

and independent place of abode intended for habitation
by large groups of individuals.
The ILQ has certain common facilities which are shared by the occupants.
The occupants of an ILQ are usually:

1. subject to a common authority or management; or
2. bound by either a common public objective or a common personal
interest.

Institutional Living Quarter to be Listed

1. Hotel, motel, inn, dormitory, pension house, and other lodging
house which provide lodging on a fee basis
2. Hospital, sanitarium, and rehabilitation center
3. Orphanage and home for the aged
4. Seminary, convent, boarding school, and other religious training

centers

Institutional Living Quarter to be Listed

5. Corrective and penal institution
6. Military camp and barrack
7. Logging, mining, and construction/public work camp
8. Oceangoing and interisland/coastal vessel at port

Take note of the following:
Each ILQ in operation within the barangay/EA will be listed.
ILQs, which are in operation but at the time of the census

have no residents who qualify for enumeration are also to
be listed.
Do not list buildings previously used as ILQs if they are no

longer used as such or are already abandoned at the time
of the census.

4.6 INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION
Definition of Institutional Population
Institutional population comprises of persons

who are found living in ILQs.
Persons who have their own families or households elsewhere but at the
time of the census, are committed or confined in ILQ, will be considered as
institutional population.

Members of Institutional Population
1 Permanent lodger in a boarding house

Dormitory resident who does not usually go home to
2
his/her household at least once a week

3 Hotel resident who has stayed in the hotel for more
than six (6) months at the time of the census

4 Boarders in a residential house provided that their number

is ten (10) or more. Boarders less than ten (10) will be
considered as members of a regular household.

5 Patient in a hospital who is confined for more than six
months

6 Patient confined in a mental hospital and drug rehabilitation
center, regardless of the length of his/her confinement

7 Ward in an orphanage, home for the aged, and other

welfare institutions

8 Prisoner in a corrective and penal institution

9 Seminarian, nun, monk, and postulant

DID A postulant is a person who aspires to become

YOU W? a member of a religious organization, but has
KN
not yet been admitted into any particular order
such as a pupil of an apostolic school or a
person who has decided to enter the religious
state, but remains as guest in the monastery
while waiting for his/her admission.
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10 Soldier in a military camp that stayed for more

than six (6) months

11 Worker in a mining and similar camp that stayed
more than six (6) months

Excluded as Members of Institutional Population
1. Military official/enlisted man or draftee and members

of his/her household who has a housing unit within a
military installation or camp
2. Manager and members of his/her household of

dormitory, hotel, hospital, and others, who occupies
and regularly uses as his/her place of abode a living
quarter in the institution that he/she manages

Excluded as Members of Institutional Population
3. Priest, Pastor or Imam who, together with his/her

relatives and/or household help, occupies and regularly
uses as his/her place of abode a living quarter in the
church or seminary.

4.7 WHOM TO ENUMERATE
Persons to be Included in the Enumeration
All living persons

as of 12:01 a.m. of 1 May 2020
will be enumerated.

1 Filipino national permanently residing in the Philippines

2 Filipino national who, as of 1 May 2020, is:

 temporarily at Philippine Sea or on vacation or
business/pleasure trip somewhere in the Philippines; and
 expected to be back within six (6) months from the date
of departure


3 Filipino national who, as of 1 May 2020, is:

 temporarily on vacation, business/pleasure trip or
studying/training abroad; and
 expected to be back within a year from the date of
departure


4 Filipino overseas worker, including those on-board an

oceangoing vessel, who is away as of 1 May 2020 but
is expected to be back within five (5) years from the
date of his/her last departure;
5 Philippine government official, military or civilian,

including a Philippine diplomatic personnel
and his/her family, assigned abroad; and


6 Civilian citizen of foreign country who has his/her usual

residence in the Philippines, or a foreign visitor who has
stayed or is expected to stay for at least a year from the
date of his/her arrival in the country.


Take note of the following cases:
1. A person who died after 12:01 a.m., 1 May 2020 should be

included in the enumeration.
Example :
The EN interviewed the Perez household on 20 May 2020, and

was told that Ms. Jenny died on 5 May 2020. The EN should
include Ms. Jenny as a member of the household because she was
still alive on 1 May 2020, which is the reference date of the census.


2. A person who died before or exactly 12:01 a.m., 1 May 2020

should be excluded from the enumeration.

Example:
Mr. Robert Cruz died of heart attack at 10:00 p.m. of 30 April 2020.
The EN should exclude Robert from the enumeration of the Cruz'
household because he was no longer alive at 12:01 a.m. of
1 May 2020.


3. A baby born alive before or exactly 12:01 a.m., 1 May 2020 should
be included in the enumeration.

4. A baby born alive after 12:01 a.m., 1 May 2020 should be excluded
from the enumeration.


Guide in including or excluding newly-born children and persons
who died around the census reference date.
Include/Exclude
Reference Period: 1 May 2020
in the Enumeration?
A baby born before or exactly 12:01 a.m. Include
A baby born after 12:01 a.m. Exclude
A person died after 12:01 a.m. Include
A person died before or exactly 12:01 a.m. Exclude

Persons to be Excluded from the Enumeration
1 Foreign ambassador, minister, consul or other

diplomatic representatives, and members of their
families;

2 Citizen of a foreign country living within the premises of
an embassy, legation, chancellery or consulate;


3 Citizen of a foreign country who is a chief or official
of an international organization, who is subject to
reassignment to other country after his/her tour of duty
in the Philippines, and members of their families.
Example of international organizations:
 United Nations (UN),
 International Labor Organization (ILO),
 Asian Development Bank (ADB),
 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) or
 the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

4 Citizen of a foreign country, together with non-Filipino

members of his/her families, who is a student or who is
employed or has a business in the Philippines, but who
has stayed or is expected to stay in the country for less
than a year from his/her arrival;

5 Citizen of a foreign country or Filipino with usual place

of residence in a foreign country, who is visiting the
Philippines and who has stayed or is expected to stay in
the country for less than a year from his/her arrival.
An example is a balikbayan who will return to his/her

usual place of residence abroad after a short vacation
or visit in the Philippines; and

Resident of the Philippines on vacation, pleasure or

5
6 business trip, study or training abroad who has been
away or expected to be away from the Philippines for
more than one year from his/her departure.

Although the persons mentioned in the previous slides

are not to be enumerated, you should still visit their
households.
Persons working for them or living with them may be

among those who should be included according to the
rules of enumeration.

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Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions

A building is defined as any structure built, designed

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions 3

“Only those buildings that contain living quarters, whether occupied or

DID Living quarters are structurally separate

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions 4

Considered as living quarters are the following:

1. Those which have been constructed, built, converted or

2. Those which have been constructed for purposes other than

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions

B 1 Residential building that is presently occupied

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions

B Nonresidential building presently occupied

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions

4.2 HOUSING UNIT

Definition of a Housing Unit

A housing unit is a structurally separate and independent

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions 11

4.2 HOUSING UNIT

Housing unit is intended for habitation by one household.

However, in some cases, two or more households may share

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions 12

4.2 HOUSING UNIT

Guidelines on How to Identify Housing Units in a Building

A portion of a building (a room or a group of rooms) qualifies as a

Separat Direct Housin

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4.2 HOUSING UNIT

The portion of a building must have:

facilities for sleeping, preparing and

its occupants must be isolated from

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4.2 HOUSING UNIT

The portion of the building can be accessed directly

can come in to the portion of the building without passing

Enumerator’s Manual Chapter 4 – Census Concepts and Definitions 15

Housing Unit 1 Housing Unit 2

Housing Unit 3 Housing Unit 4

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Example of Housing Unit

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4.2 HOUSING UNIT

Discussions and illustrations of housing units are given

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1 A single house has been modified

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2 A house has two (2) rooms

The occupants of the rooms share

This structure actually contains only a single housing unit.

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3 A house has two storeys

Housing Unit 1 Housing Unit 2

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4.2 HOUSING UNIT

1. Occupied housing unit and VHU in a single

2. Occupied housing unit and VHU in a multi-unit

3. Occupied barong-barong or shanty.