In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.
Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.
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For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.
Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.
44. Live-born children, 45. Deceased children and 46. Surviving children
These questions ask how many live-born daughters and live-born sons each woman aged 12 and older have had in total, how many of them have died, and how many are currently living, whether or not they live with the mother.
A child born alive is one who at birth had some movement, cry, breath, heartbeat, or any other sign of life, even if he or she later died.
The questions apply to all women aged 12 and older, whether they are married or unmarried, even if they appear very young. Take into account that there are teenage mothers.
Live-born children
The purpose of this question is to count live-born daughters and live-born sons that the woman aged 12 or older has had up to the date of the interview.
Read question 44 verbatim. Children born alive: "In total, how many daughters and sons born alive has (name) had?".
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When the woman has never had live-born daughters or sons, write down "00"; in that case, continue with the next person or go to Section IV. International migration. But if they have had one or more live-born children, question 45 applies. deceased children and 46. surviving children.
Consider that there are people, mainly parents or adults, who when asked the question "In total, how many daughters and sons who were born alive have you had (name)?", show discomfort or astonishment, so you should explain the importance of this information, emphasizing that there are girls and adolescents in the country who have had children and therefore need attention.
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The question of live-born children is presented in its digital version as follows:
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