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26. Born alive children - How many born alive children have [the person] had?

Write down the declared number according to gender in the appropriate boxes

_ _ M
_ _ F

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26. Children born alive

The questions concerning live births only apply to resident woman of 10 years or more of age.

Children younger than one year registered in the household as household members and whose mothers no longer reside in the household [due to death or departure] shall not be considered in the births to women historical calendar.

Is considered live birth any product resulting from conception and which, after expulsion or extraction for the mother's body, exhibits any sign of life such as shouting, crying, breathing, heart beating, mobility [movements], even if he only lived for a few minutes after birth.

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Q: "Has [the respondent] already given birth to a living child?"

If the answer is no:
Write down in the reserved boxes "00" for males and "00" for females.

If the answer is yes:
Ask for the number of male births and female births;
Write down the declared number of male children and female children in the boxes reserved to that effect.