Fertility indicators.
For all females 15 to 49 years old.
[Questions 24 through 27 were asked of females 15 to 49 years old]
P24. How many children have been born alive to [the respondent]?
P24-Number of Children Born Alive
Data on the number of children ever born alive to a particular woman is an aggregate measure of her fertility experience up to the moment the data are collected. Cross tabulation of this variable with other variables will enable computation of principal measures, such as the mean number of children born alive to women who have reached the end of their child- bearing period and the proportion of women who are childless by the end of their reproductive life.
Ask the respondent the question in P24: "How many children have been born alive to?" for every female member aged 15 to 49 years old, regardless of marital status.
Explain to the respondent that the number of children born alive to a woman should comprise all her live-born children as of census reference date, that is:
As defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. Each product of such a birth is considered live-born.
Explain to the respondent that the following are to be excluded from the count of children ever born alive to a female member aged 15 to 49 years:
Entry for this column should consist of two digits; thus, for women with one to nine live-born children, prefix "0".
Examples: "01", "02", "03", ...."09"
Enter "00" in the boxes for a female member aged 15 to 49 years who has not had any livebirth.
Important Notice: The number of children born alive should include newly born children, except those born after May 1, 2010, 12:01 a.m.