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 Indicators on housing   
Source: Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat and
        United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat).

                           Year     Average number of persons per room *
                                    Total        Urban        Rural
                                                                   
Aruba                      1991      0.7          ...          ...
Austria                    1981      1.0          0.9          1.0
Bolivia                    1988      ...          1.7 a        ...
Brazil                     1980      1.0          ...          ...
Bulgaria                   1985      ...          1.3 b        ...
Cameroon                   1976      1.2          1.2          1.3
Canada                     1981      0.5          0.5          0.5
Cuba                       1981      1.0          1.0          1.0
Cyprus                     1982      0.8 c        0.8 c        0.8 c
Finland                    1989      0.7          0.7          0.7
France                     1990      0.7          0.7          0.6
French Guiana              1990      1.1          1.1          1.5
Gambia                     1983      2.0          ...          ...
Germany, Fed. Rep. of      1987      0.5          0.5          0.5
Guadeloupe                 1990      0.9 d        0.9 d        0.9 d
Honduras                   1988      2.2 e        1.8 e        2.6 e
Hungary                    1990      0.8          0.8          0.8
India                      1981      2.7 d f g    2.6 d f g    2.8 d f g
Iraq                       1987      1.5          1.8          1.0
Israel                     1983      1.2          ...          ...
Japan                      1978      0.8 h        0.8 h        0.7 h
Korea, Republic of         1990      ...          1.5 i        ...
Kuwait                     1985      1.7 j        ...          ...
Martinique                 1990      0.9 d        0.9 d        0.9 d
Mauritius                  1990      1.2          1.1          1.3
Mexico                     1990      1.5          1.2 k        ...
Netherlands                1989      0.5          0.5          0.5
New Caledonia              1989      1.2 d        1.1 d        1.4 d
New Zealand                1991      0.5 l        0.5 l        0.5 l
Norway                     1990      0.6          ...          ...
Pakistan                   1981      3.4 m        3.0 m        3.6 m
Panama                     1990      1.6          1.4          1.9
Peru                       1990      2.0          1.9          2.4
Poland                     1988      1.0 l        1.0 l        1.1 l
Reunion                    1990      1.0          1.0          0.9
Romania                    1992      1.3 l n      1.3 l n      1.2 l n
San Marino                 1991      0.7          0.7          0.8
Sri Lanka                  1981      2.2          2.3          2.1
Sweden                     1990      0.5          0.5          0.5
Switzerland                1980      0.7          0.7          0.6
United States              1990      0.5          ...          ...
US Virgin Islands          1990      0.6 o        ...          ...

Sources:

United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human
Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations,
Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5).

 *   Excluding bathrooms and toilet rooms.
...  Not available.
 a   La Paz.
 b   Sofia.
 c   Data refer to Government controlled areas only.
 d   Based on households in housing units.
 e   Based on the number of occupied housing units with people present at
     the time of the census.
 f   Excluding Assam and some areas where 1981 census could not be 
     conducted.
       Also, not included are institutional households for which the
     number of living rooms in occupation of household was not canvassed.
 g   Including the Indian-held part of Jammu and Kashmir, the final status of
       which has not yet been determined.
 h   Kitchens not counted as rooms.
 i   Seoul.
 j   Based on occupied conventional and unconventional dwellings and
     occupied collective living quarters.
 k   Ciudad de Mexico.
 l   Based on conventional dwellings only.
 m   Excluding Jammu and Kashmir, the final status of which has not yet
     been determined.
 n   The definition of room does not cover kitchen even if it suits the
       definition of a room.
 o   Island of St. Thomas.  Total number of rooms was estimated by the UN.
Technical notes:

The main data sources for housing statistics are national 
population and housing censuses. Internationally recommended concepts
and definitions for collecting these statistics are published
in the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing
Censuses (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.80.XVII.8) and given
below. 

It should be noted that countries sometimes deviate significantly from
these recommended concepts and definitions. Departures from these
definitions, when furnished by the reporting country, are footnoted
in the table.

The average number of persons per room was obtained by
dividing the total population in occupied housing units by the total
number of rooms as reported by countries. If the total number
of occupants, i.e., total population occupying housing units, was not
available, the total population figure was used in the numerator.

A room is defined as a space in a housing unit or other
living quarters enclosed by walls reaching from the floor to the ceiling
or roof covering, or at least to a height of 2 meters, of a size
large enough to hold a bed for an adult, that is, at least 4 square
meters. Rooms, therefore, may include bedrooms, dining rooms, living
rooms, studies, habitable attics, servants' rooms, kitchens,
rooms used for professional or business purposes and other separate
spaces used or intended for dwelling purposes, so long as they meet
the criteria of walls and floor space. Passageways, verandas, lobbies,
bathrooms and toilet rooms are not expected to be counted as rooms,
even if they meet the criteria.

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