Indicators of housing – Physical, Economic, Social

The indicators of housing are of 3 types:

• Physical indicators:
  • Floor space
  • Cubic space
  • Room height
  • Person per room
  • Rooms per house
  • Environment – air, water, light, sound
• Economic indicators
  • Building cost
  • Rental
  • Tax
• Social indicators (proposed by inter regional seminar on Social Aspects of Housing organised by the UN in 1975)
  • Related to prevention of illness
    • Frequency of illness due to accidents
    • Frequency of illness due to impure water
    • Frequency of illness due to improper disposal of waste and sewage
    • Frequency of illness due to proximity to animals
    • Frequency insect borne diseases
    • Frequency of illness due to overcrowding
    • Access to medical facility
  • Related to comfort
    • Thermal comfort
    • Visual comfort
    • Acoustic comfort
    • Spatial comfort
  • Indicators related to mental health and social well being
    • Frequency of suicides in the neighbourhood
    • Neglected youth in the neighbourhood
    • Drug abuse in the neighbourhood