Age
Area of Housing Unit
Building
Collective household
Current / Previous Occupation
Current / Previous Type of Economic
Educational Level
Employed
Enrollment in educational Institutions
Head of Household
Household
Housing Unit
Main source of drinking water
Marital Status
Nationality
Place of current usual residence
Population category
Previous place of usual residence
Private household
Relationship to head of household
Reason For residence abroad -for Jordanians- and reason for residence in Jordan -for non Jordanians
Room
Type of occupancy
Type of building material
Type of  building
Type of Housing Unit
Type of Occupancy
Type of Sewage System
Type of Tenure
Unemployed
Year of laying fundaments

Age:
     Duration of time which could be calculated or estimated between date of birth and the reference period. Age must be in complete years regardless of fractions of the year.

Area of Housing Unit:
    The area on which the housing unit is built measured by square meters.

Building:
    It is a permanent or temproral structure established on land or water which consists of one floor or more used either for residence, practicing work, worship, recreation or culture. It may have one entrance or more which leads from public or private road to all parts of the building or to some parts of it. Subsidiaries of the building such as the garage, store, ...etc. are considered as parts of the main building. Abandoned structures, bus stops, bridges, electricity huts were not classified as buildings.

Collective household :
    Collective Household has no head, and consists of (6) persons or more not necessarily related to each other, such as collective labour housing units, nurses and teachers hostel, hotel lodgers, prisons old age houses, orphanages, and mental asylums. It is noted that there are private households within some collective housing units such as the hotel managers and their families who are living in a private suite or a hospital director with his family or prison director and his family.

Current / Previous Occupation:
    The main type of work, trade or profession performed by the employed or the unemployed having ever worked.

Current / Previous Type of Economic:
    Activity: The main activity of the establishment in which the person worked or was working during the reference period. Main activity of employed persons, who were not working in establishments, was determined according to their occupations.

Educational Level:
    Highest educational qualification obtained successfully by a person aged (15) years and more at time of enumeration. A person may be.

a) Without qualification:

1) Illiterate person:

A person who can not read or write a simple description about himself in Any language.

2) Person who can read and write:

A person who can read and write in any language but he hasn’t got an educational qualification.

Employed:
      A person of 15years of age or more who worked or is working in the public or private sector for at least one hour during the reference period (i.e. the week before interview). Self employed workers who owned their enterprises, employers who partially owned their enterprises, family workers who were working in enterprises owned by the family, and workers in other unidentified works were considered as employed persons. This category also includes all persons holding a work contract even if they were absent from work during the reference period due to various reasons.

Enrollment in educational Institutions:
     A person is considered to be currently enrolled if he or she is a child of the age of 4 years or more, registered in a private or governmental educational institution in Jordan or abroad, and going regularly to that educational institution with the purpose of studying. Persons who are studying by correspondence, persons enrolled in adult schools, illiteracy combating programmes were not considered as currently enrolled even if they were enrolled in classes.

Head of Household:
    He is a usual household member living in Jordan, who is recognized as such by other members of the household. He is usually responsible for living arrangements and decision - taking of the household. He may be male or female aged 15 years and above. The collective Household has no head.

Household :
    One person or more living in a separated housing unit or part of it. For census purposes, there are two kinds of households, namely, the private household and collective household. Definition of each is as follows:

Housing Unit:
    It is a building or part of it, virtuous for residence of one or more households regardless of its occupancy status at time of census. Housing unit may consist of one room or more with subsidiaries. A housing unit has independent entrance leads directly (or through a road, passage or stairs) to a public road without passing through other housing units.

Main source of drinking water:

Marital Status:
      The civil status of a person aged (15) years and more at time of enumeration. Marital status was classified as follows.

Never Married (Single):
    A person aged (15) years and more who never married according to social customs at time of enumeration.

Married :
   A person aged (15) years and more engaged in actual marriage according to the customs, regardless of the presence of spouse at time of enumeration. Persons married by bond without actual marriage are not considered as married persons.

Divorced :
   A person aged (15) years and more whose actual marriage was legally dissolved by divorce and not remarried at time of enumeration.

Widowed:
   A person aged (15) years and more whose last marriage was dissolved because of the death of spouse and not remarried at time of enumeration.

Separated:
     A person aged (15) years and more who has been ever married actually but living away from the spouse (due to dispute) without occurrence of divorce or death.

Nationality:
    The legal citizenship or affiliation of the person, which is usually determined by the passport he holds or he has the right to have it.

Place of current usual residence:
    The place where the person lived in continuously for (6) months of more. Place of enumeration was considered as a place of current usual residence for new live births aged less than (6) months. Place of current usual residence of Jordanians abroad was determined as the place where the person lived in continuously for (6) months or more before or after he left Jordan (As the case may be).

Previous place of usual residence:
    The last place where the person lived in for (6) months or more before he moved to the current place of residence .

Private household:
    It is a household with a head; the members of household participate in expenditures from the income of head of household or some of household members. Some of household members may not be related to each other, although it is commonly known that there is a relationship between them. It is commonly known also that the members share meals or some of these meals. The household comprises all those who were absent temporarily from the household outside Jordan for a period less than one year who will after that return to join the household (With the exception of students, morbids, tourists, members of the Armed forces serving with UN peace - keeping forces and diplomats are considered as usual members regardless of their stay abroad). It is not necessary that a person who shares the expenditure to be a member of the household. The father who resides continuously abroad and provides expenditure to his wife and children in Jordan is not considered as one of the household members, unles he was accidentally available during the enumeration or his absence abroad is less than one year.

Room :
    A housing unit or part of it, with an area not less than (4) squared meters. Room may be used for sleeping, sitting, eating, studying or recreation. Separated kitchen, bathroom balcony and rooms designated for work are not considered as rooms.

Amarah:
    A building of one floor or more, with inside or outside stairs that serve all the floors Amarah may be used for residential purposes only, or multiple purposes such as: residence and work, residence and worship, etc.

Dar:
   A conventional (or traditional) building of one room or more. Dar may be surrounded by a fence and could be of two floors served by uncovered stairs.

Villa:
   A structure usually built of cut stone, with one floor or more connected by internal stairs. Villa usually contains more than one wing, one of which is designated for sleeping, and the other for reception, cooking, ... etc. Villas usually have gardens, stone fences and the roof is usually covered by bricks.

Barracks:
   A structure of one room or more, built of zink, Aspestos, ... etc.

Hair tent / Tent:
   A Movable structure made of hair or wool or cloth.

Establishment:
   A structure used for work only (Factory, school, governmental establishment, ... etc.) Even if it contained a special part for the use of guard.

Under Construction:
   A structure which needs completion and not virtuous for residence or other types of occupancy at time of census

Other buildings:
   Such as huts and caves.

Unemployed:
   A person of 15 years of age or more, able to work, seeking work during the reference period, and available for work, whether he or she has ever or never worked was considered as unemployed person.

Year of laying fundaments:
   The year of laying fundaments of the main building.

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