Number of children ever born alive
[Questions 26 - 32: Women aged 12 to 54 years]
If no children, write "00"

Births during the last 12 months

31. How many children has [the respondent] given birth to in the last 12 months?

7.7. LFQ fertility questions 26-32
The remaining questions are only asked of women aged 12 to 54 years old. If you are asking questions for a male, or a female 11 years old or less or 55 years or older, stop and go to the next person listed on the questionnaire. In the 15 states of North Sudan, these questions are not asked of never married females as reported in Q24.

Q30 - Q32 refer to the children born to females aged 12 - 54 during the 12 months before census night.

Q31 "How many children has [the respondent] given birth to in the last 12 months?" Continuing with the same female respondent, who answered yes "1" to question 30, ask question 31.

• Write the number of male births in the box under the "males" column
• Write the number of female births in the box under the "females" column.
• If she did not have any male births then write "0" in the "males" column.
• If she did not have any female births, write "0" in the "females" column.
• Shade in the numbers corresponding to the numbers written in the boxes.