P18b Female children ever born: How many female children has (name) ever born alive? (Living with you or elsewhere or dead) _ _
P19b Female children surviving: How many female children ever born alive to (name) are still surviving? (Living with you or elsewhere) _ _
P18b Female children ever born: How many female children has (name) ever born alive? (living with you or elsewhere or dead)
The question seeks to find out the number of female children that the respondent has ever given birth to. Probe, for some women may forget to tell you about female children who died very young. The number includes those of her own female children staying with her, those staying elsewhere and those died.
P19b Female children surviving: How many female children ever born alive to (name) are still surviving? (living with you or elsewhere)
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You are to find out the number of female children (name) ever born alive who are still living. The number still living includes those female children staying with (name) and those staying elsewhere.