Housing and Housing Statistics

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What is the term used to describe the number of people living in a single housing unit?

  1. Household size

  2. Housing density

  3. Occupancy rate

  4. Vacancy rate


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Household size refers to the average number of people living in a single housing unit.

Which of the following is a measure of the proportion of housing units that are occupied?

  1. Household size

  2. Housing density

  3. Occupancy rate

  4. Vacancy rate


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Occupancy rate is the proportion of housing units that are occupied.

What is the term used to describe the number of housing units per square kilometer?

  1. Household size

  2. Housing density

  3. Occupancy rate

  4. Vacancy rate


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Housing density is the number of housing units per square kilometer.

Which of the following is a measure of the proportion of housing units that are vacant?

  1. Household size

  2. Housing density

  3. Occupancy rate

  4. Vacancy rate


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Vacancy rate is the proportion of housing units that are vacant.

What is the term used to describe the process of buying or renting a home?

  1. Homeownership

  2. Housing tenure

  3. Residential mobility

  4. Suburbanization


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Housing tenure refers to the process of buying or renting a home.

Which of the following is a type of homeownership?

  1. Single-family home

  2. Multi-family home

  3. Condominium

  4. Cooperative


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Single-family home is a type of homeownership in which a single family lives in a single housing unit.

What is the term used to describe the movement of people from urban to suburban areas?

  1. Homeownership

  2. Housing tenure

  3. Residential mobility

  4. Suburbanization


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Suburbanization is the movement of people from urban to suburban areas.

Which of the following is a type of residential mobility?

  1. Intra-urban mobility

  2. Inter-urban mobility

  3. Rural-to-urban mobility

  4. Urban-to-rural mobility


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Intra-urban mobility is the movement of people within the same urban area.

What is the term used to describe the process of moving from one place to another?

  1. Homeownership

  2. Housing tenure

  3. Residential mobility

  4. Suburbanization


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Residential mobility is the process of moving from one place to another.

Which of the following is a type of inter-urban mobility?

  1. Intra-urban mobility

  2. Inter-urban mobility

  3. Rural-to-urban mobility

  4. Urban-to-rural mobility


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Inter-urban mobility is the movement of people between different urban areas.

What is the term used to describe the movement of people from rural to urban areas?

  1. Homeownership

  2. Housing tenure

  3. Residential mobility

  4. Rural-to-urban mobility


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rural-to-urban mobility is the movement of people from rural to urban areas.

Which of the following is a type of urban-to-rural mobility?

  1. Intra-urban mobility

  2. Inter-urban mobility

  3. Rural-to-urban mobility

  4. Urban-to-rural mobility


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Urban-to-rural mobility is the movement of people from urban to rural areas.

What is the term used to describe the process of moving from one country to another?

  1. Homeownership

  2. Housing tenure

  3. Residential mobility

  4. International migration


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

International migration is the process of moving from one country to another.

Which of the following is a type of international migration?

  1. Emigration

  2. Immigration

  3. Remigration

  4. Return migration


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Emigration is the movement of people from one country to another.

What is the term used to describe the movement of people back to their country of origin?

  1. Homeownership

  2. Housing tenure

  3. Residential mobility

  4. Return migration


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Return migration is the movement of people back to their country of origin.

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