The dwelling occupancy indexes characterise the occupancy level of the dwelling by comparing the number of rooms it has with a number of rooms that is considered necessary for the household. Their definition depends on the way we combine the number of available rooms, the degree of intimacy which have the occupants of the housing and the available surface per person. For example this standard was defined in 1968 in agreement with the Ministry of housing, and from now on a little bit former, attribute to every household: one living room for the household ; one room for each couple ; one room for single people aged 19 years and older ; and for single people under 19 years of age: one room for two children if they are of the same sex and if they are under seven years old, and one room per child otherwise. A dwelling unit with one room less than the standard is moderately over-occupied. If it is two or more rooms short, it is severely over-occupied. Conversely, the dwelling unit is said to be moderately under-occupied if it has one room more than the standard, distinctly over-occupied if it has two rooms more, and very distinctly over-occupied if it has three or more rooms over the standard. Other measures are possible and were detailed in a report on poor housing to the National Council of Statistical Information in July, 2011 http://www.cnis.fr/cms/Accueil/publications/Les_rapports_du_Cnis?publication=97882).
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The dwelling occupancy indexes characterise the occupancy level of the dwelling by comparing the number of rooms it has with a number of rooms that is considered necessary for the household. Their definition depends on the way we combine the number of available rooms, the degree of intimacy which have the occupants of the housing and the available surface per person. For example this standard was defined in 1968 in agreement with the Ministry of housing,</p><p>and from now on a little bit former, attribute to every household:</p><ul class="list1"><li>one living room for the household ;</li><li>one room for each couple ;</li><li>one room for single people aged 19 years and older ;</li><li>and for single people under 19 years of age: one room for two children if they are of the same sex and if they are under seven years old, and one room per child otherwise.</li></ul><p>A dwelling unit with one room less than the standard is moderately over-occupied. If it is two or more rooms short, it is severely over-occupied. Conversely, the dwelling unit is said to be moderately under-occupied if it has one room more than the standard, distinctly over-occupied if it has two rooms more, and very distinctly over-occupied if it has three or more rooms over the standard.</p><p>Other measures are possible and were detailed in a report on poor housing to the National Council of Statistical Information in July, 2011 http://www.cnis.fr/cms/Accueil/publications/Les_rapports_du_Cnis?publication=97882).</p></div>
