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Section 8 Fertility - For Females Fourteen to fifty-four (14-54) Years

30(a). Number of live births in the past 12 months

How many live births did (N) [the respondent] have during the past 12 months?

[] 00 None
[] 01 One
[] 02 Two separate births
[] 03 Twin (TW)
[] 04 Three and over (3+)
[] 09 Not stated (NS)

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Section 8 - Fertility

8.1. Children ever born

This refers to all children born alive (excluding fetal deaths) during a woman's lifetime, whether currently residing with her, elsewhere in Trinidad and Tobago or abroad. Also included are the children born alive, but who have died.

Please note that children born dead (still births) are not to be included here.

8.4. Live birth

A live birth means 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, or 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.