Interviewer instructions
For women aged 12 and older
[Applies to questions 22-25]
Question 22: How many live-born children have you had in total?
If the respondent has not given birth to any live-born children in her life, write 0 in the appropriate space. Then, if the respondent is 18 or older, skip to question 26. Otherwise, conclude the interview with this person.
Reminders
This question gathers information on all of the respondents' live-born children, regardless of who the father was.
Take into account all live-born children, even if that child is no longer living with the mother, or is no longer living.
Do not take into account terminated pregnancies, miscarriages, still-births, adopted children, or children of the husband only.
Live-born. This is a child who showed signs of life at birth, such as breathing, crying or movement.