The standard questions for housing are available in PDF and word formats.
| Harmonised Core Question Name | Tenure |
| Question: | In which of these ways do you occupy this accommodation? |
| Answer: | 1. Buying with mortgage/loan |
| 2. Own it outright |
| 3. Part rent/part mortgage |
| 4. Rents (including rents paid by housing benefit) |
| 5. Living here rent free |
| Harmonised Core Question Name | Accommodation Size (Rooms) |
| Question: | How many rooms are there in your home? |
| Harmonised Core Question Name | Accommodation Size (Bedrooms) |
| Question: | How many bedrooms are there in your home? |
| Harmonised Core Question Name | Accommodation type |
| Question 1: | Basic Question |
| Is the household's accommodation?: |
| Answer 1: | 1. a house or bungalow |
| 2. a flat, maisonette or apartment |
| 3. a room/rooms |
| 4. other? |
| Interviewer instructions: | |
| If the household occupies a flat in a converted house, code 2. |
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| Question 2: | If a house or bungalow at basic question is it: |
| Answer 2: | 1. detached |
| 2. semi-detached |
| 3. or terraced/end of terrace? |
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| Interviewer instructions | |
| A semi-detached house is one of a pair which are joined together. A house at the end of a terrace must be coded 3 even if there are only three houses in the terrace. |
| Houses which are joined only by a garage (link-detached) should be coded as detached. |
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| Question 3: | If a flat, maisonette or apartment at basic question is it |
| Answer 3: | 1. Tenement |
| 2. 4-in-a block |
| 3. In a purpose built block of flats |
| 4. Part of a converted or shared house |
| 5. In a commercial building? |
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| Question 4: | If other at basic question is it: |
| Answer 4: | 1. a caravan, mobile home or houseboat |
| 2. some other kind of accommodation |