Literal question
P18 Children ever born: Answer for females 12 years and older. (For females under 12 years and all males go to next member)
[Questions P18a and P18b were asked of females 12+.]
P18a Male children ever born: How many male children has (name) ever born alive? (Living with you or elsewhere or dead) _ _
Mark the box with X in the column to make up your code.
Interviewer instructions
P18 Children ever born: "answer for females 12 years and older (for females under 12 years and all males go to next member)"
Question P18 is to be asked of only of females who have ever had a live birth. A live birth is defined as the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been out or the placenta is attached.
P18a Male children ever born: How many male children has (name) ever born alive? (living with you or elsewhere or dead)
The question is to find out if the respondent has ever given birth to a male child and the number. Probe, for some women may forget to tell you about male children who died very young. The number includes those of her own male children staying with her, those staying elsewhere and those who died.
