E. For women aged 15-49 years old (Directly ask female)
Number of children ever born alive
Q31. How many children have died?
_ _ Male
_ _ Female
4.6. Section E: For women aged between 15-49 (ask women directly)
The purpose of section E is to collect information on the fertility of women aged between 15-49 years. They will be interviewed about giving live births, age at first birth, and last birth. Surveyors should ask these questions directly to women. In case the target female interviewee is not at home, the surveyor can ask the head of the household instead.
Question Q29, Q30, Q31: Number of live births
Refers to the total number of children born including those who are alive and those who have died. Children who are still alive may be staying with their mothers or elsewhere. Adopted children, loved ones, children of fiancées, or cousins born by other people are not counted.
Write the number of live births for each question below:
Q31: How many children have died?
Refers to the number of children born alive during a certain period of time and then died.
How to write for verses 29, 30 and 31
You must specify son or daughter as 2 numbers in the two boxes with code 1 for the daughter, and two boxes with code 2 for the son, for example: 00, 01, 02...
Example: Mrs. Sida has 5 children, of which the number of children with her is 1 son and 2 daughters. The number of children who went to other places is 1 daughter and she has 1 son who died. Therefore, it must be written as follows:
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