4. Sex - Is [the person] male or female?

Questions 1 [order number] to 12 [residency status] apply to all persons to count in the household.

4. Sex

This is one of the fundamental variables in demographics, such as age, that is important to ensure it is easily reportable.

Circle the code corresponding to the sex of each counted person after the family relation.
If you have doubt on the sex, you can ask the question in the following manner: "Just to make sure, is Femi [it might be a fictitious name] a man or a woman?"
Avoid questions such as "what is your sex Madam?"

The modality codes for the variable sex are:

The answer on sex is mandatory. Non-responses are not accepted.