[Questions 4-14 were asked of all persons who stayed in the residence last night.]

14A. Is your own mother still alive?

Section 6 - The census questions

Urban RNVs and rural villages

Question 14 A and B
This question consists of two parts, A and B.

Question 14a
Note that we mean a person's own mother (e.g. natural or true mother), not an adopted mother. In other words the mother who gave birth to the person.
For children you can often write the answer in from the relationship given in Question 2 without asking.

In most cases, particularly for adults, you will have to ask the question as the mother usually will not be part of the household.

Question 14B
You only have to fill in Part B if the answer is 'yes' in Part A.
This part of the question refers to the own or true mother as in A, the first part.
If the true mother lives with this household just copy her person number from the top of the form and write this number in the space provided for each of her own children,
If the true mother lives elsewhere just write 'no'. Adopted children usually have their own mother living elsewhere and thus should answer 'no'.
If the answer to Question 14A is "Dead" (the mother is not alive) then leave part B blank.