P18a Male children ever born: How many male children has (name) ever born alive? (Living with you or elsewhere or dead) _ _
P18b Female children ever born: How many female children has (name) ever born alive? (Living with you or elsewhere or dead) _ _
P18a Male children ever born: How many male children has (name) ever born alive? (living with you or elsewhere or dead)
The question is to find out if the respondent has ever given birth to a male child and the number. Probe, for some women may forget to tell you about male children who died very young. The number includes those of her own male children staying with her, those staying elsewhere and those who died.
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.