Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysMICS3Regional Training Workshop

Security of Tenure and Durability of Housing

MDG Goal 7 – Ensure Environmental Sustainability

By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

Lead agency: UN Habitat

Components of “Slum” Definition

• Durability of housing

• Sufficient living area

• Security of tenure

• Use of improved water source

• Use of improved sanitation

Questionnaire

• Optional module designed to collect extra information towards the identification of “slum”

• Two components (security of tenure & durability of housing)

• Other components already covered in core modules

• Module should be applied only in cities• UN Habitat has a random sample of cities where

they advocate for the collection of data on slums

Durability of Housing

• A structure is defined as non-durable if– Floor material is “natural” AND there are

two or more bad conditions identifiedOR– Conditions of vulnerability to accidents –

dwelling surroundingsOR– Dwelling located in or near hazardous

areas

Sufficient living area

• A household is overcrowded if– More than three persons per sleeping room

Security of tenure

• Lack of security of tenure is defined as– Lack of title deeds

OR– Perceived eviction

Sanitation

• Lack of use of improved sanitation facilities for excreta disposal

Water

• Lack of use of an improved water source

Slum Household

A household is considered a slum if

Lack of durable housingORLack of sufficient living area (overcrowding)ORLack of security of tenureORLack of improved water sourcesORLack of improved sanitation

Issues

• The idea is to compare characteristics of slum households and non-slum households

• Poverty, education, infant mortality• Inclusion of module has implications

regarding sampling (over-sampling the selected city, over-sampling from within city for slum areas)