P42. Did you have live births in the last 12 months

You are about to start a new topic so you have to prepare the respondent by informing her that you are now going to ask her questions about children and child bearing. Remember these are questions to be asked to females 12 years and older and not for husbands to answer for their wives. Questions on fertility are to be asked only to those females who are 12 years and older and they involve only their own children. If the female is a usual member present or a visitor, fertility questions have to be asked to them personally. If they are not around, a call back has to be made until they are found and information is collected. If the enumerator cannot find the female respondent even after making at least three visits, the enumerator should inform the supervisor.

P-42: Did you have any live birth in the last 12 months?

This question is only asked to females 12-49 years of age. Do not ask this question to females 50 years and older. Shade appropriately. The question is similar to P-38 except that this time we are trying to find out if the female had a live birth in the "last 12 months".