29. How many [children] are still alive?

Q: "Have you/has [the respondent] had any live births during the period from January 1st 2012 until today?"

If the answer to question number 26 ["born alive children"] = "00," this woman has never had any born alive children in her life and as a result, she has not had any living birth since January 1st 2012. Ask the question anyway but under the following form:

Q: "Do you confirm that you have not had any living births since January 1st 2012?"

If the answer is yes, then write down "0" in each one of the small boxes situated opposite of "M" and "F," which symbolize the sex of the children who would have been born alive since January 1st 2012, in the section reserved to the registration of this woman's data.

If the answer is No, meaning that the woman declared having had a living birth since January 1st 2012, ask her the following question:

Q: "Where is this child?"
If it is conformed that this child is born alive since January 1st 2012, then:

Ask her the sex of this child and write down "1" in one of the boxes opposite from "M" or "F" depending on the child's sex.

Remember that there will be a correction regarding the answers given previously for questions 26 and 27; in light of new data, please make any necessary corrections.

If the answer to question number 26 "M" is higher than 0 and/or number 26 "F" is higher than 0, then this woman has already had born alive children in her life; ask her the following question: