For all persons
[Questions 1-10 were asked of all persons.]

3. Is the person male or female?

Questions on Personal Characteristics
Questions 1 to 7 provide information on personal characteristics such as age, sex, marital status and religion. They help us to plan for the needs of communities.

Question 3: Sex.
In every community, the population is made up of males and females. This is important information that shows distribution of population by sex.

Q3. Is there person a male or female?

Who to ask: Ask the head of the household, or the person responding.

Get this information for: Every person listed in Question 1.

How to ask: You only need to ask this if you cannot tell from a name that the person is male is female. Politely ask the respondents "Can you tell me if this person is a male or female?".

How to record: Write in code 1 for Male or code 2 if the person is a Female. Only one code is to be entered in the box provided.