How many children has this woman given birth to, who were born alive and are now living elsewhere?
p. Girls ____
133. Next, ask
'Of the children she has borne alive, how many are living elsewhere?'
134. Write the number of boys who are living elsewhere in column (o) and the number of girls in column (p). If none of the boys or girls she has borne is living elsewhere, write '0' in the appropriate column.
135. Include in these columns all the children she has borne who are living somewhere else. It may be that they have grown up and married,
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or have gone off to work, or be living with relatives, or be in a boarding school, etc. Make sure that none of the children she has borne are missed and ask further questions to probe the matter fully -- 'are any of your children away?', 'at work?', 'married?', 'with relatives?'