Interviewer instructions
Item 11: covered area (sq. feet: whole number): This will be the sum of the floor areas of all the rooms, kitchen, etc., and verandah located in the house or inside the homestead land and occupied by the household. The covered area may be either owned (including owner-like possession) or rented. It should exclude area owned but rented out. The area will be recorded (to nearest integer) in square feet. The verandah will mean a roofed space adjacent to living/other rooms which is not walled from all sides, that is, with at least one side either open or walled to some height or protected by grille, net, etc. If entry against item 10 is 5, a dash (-) may be put against this item. It may be noted that from the 59th to the 63rd rounds, covered area was recorded in square metres instead of square feet. As the data on covered area available from these rounds were found to be error-prone, the system of recording covered area in square feet is being re-introduced in this round.
