Literal question
Children ever born [Questions B20-B26]
[Questions B20-B30 were asked of women age 12 and older]
Children born since September 1997
[Questions B27-B30]
How many are still alive? If none, enter "0".
B29. Male _
B30. Female _
Interviewer instructions
Part B: Characteristics of Individual Household Members
5. Women age 12 years or older
Questions B20 to B30 should be asked only of women aged 12 years or more.
B29-B30. How many are still alive?
Ask the woman for the number of male and female children born since September, 1997 who are still alive. Record in one digit the number of male births still alive in column B29 and female births still alive in column B30.
In the example above, if the child died on 21st June, 1998 you should record "0" in column B29 and "0" in column B30.
Note: You should make sure that you do not leave any columns from B20 to B30 blank for any woman aged 12 years or more. For instance, where a woman has reported having no children ever born alive in column B20, you should record "0" in the appropriate columns but do not leave any of the columns blank.
Before proceeding to the next section, ensure that the total numbers of male or female children still alive and those dead add up the corresponding total numbers of male or female children ever born alive to the woman. If the responses yield inconsistent entries, probe to ascertain the wrong entry.
While probing for this information make sure that the woman does not exclude any of her children who might have died shortly after birth, as long as they were born alive. Furthermore, any of her children who might have died at any other age are to be recorded. However, ensure that still births -- that is, the births which did not show any sign of life -- are not included.
