Female residents of 12 or more of age
[columns P25-29]

(P25) Born alive children

Columns P25, P26, P27, P28 and P29 only concern resident persons of the female sex aged 12 or more (those born before November 1998). Check for this purpose column P04 for sex and column P06 for date of birth or age.

For female resident persons aged less than 12 and men, these columns are without purpose and will be filled by dashes.

Columns P25: Children born alive

It is a question of knowing the total number of children born alive (male and female) that the woman has had during her fertile lifetime, including the children who live outside of the household and those who have died.

A child born alive, or a live birth is considered as any child having manifested at its birth any sign whatsoever of life (crying, heartbeat, muscle contraction, and so on) even if he/she died subsequently.

Pose the following question: "How many children born alive has [the respondent] had?" The count will be done by sex. Record the total number of boys declared in the boxes where "M" for male is marked and the total number of girls declared in the boxes where "F" for female is marked.

If the woman has not had any child born alive, record first "00" in the boxes of column
P25, then put dashes in columns P26, P27, P28 and P29 and go to the following line.

NB 35: Each time that the number of children declared by sex is less than 10, you should record 0 followed by the figure declared.

Example: Awa declares having had 3 girls and 2 boys. You will record as follows: