Interviewer instructions
Column 14: Have ____had any live births during the last 12 months?
[For all ever married women aged 15-49 years
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
For the purpose of counting fertility, during the last 12 months refers the reference period of last 12 months from the day of counting (enumeration). Usually the enumeration day will be 22 June of 2001 (Jestha-Asar, 2058), the last 12 months includes from 23 June 2000 (Jestha-Asar, 2057) to June 2001 (Jestha-Asar, 2058). If women have had any live births during the last 12 months, they should be counted. To understand live births, the meaning is mentioned already in column 13. In that reference period, if any children are born and die immediately or after sometime, they are a live birth and should be included in the counting. But still births should not be included.
If the enumerated women have had live birth in this reference period then encircle code 1 and if not encircle code 2.
After encircled code 1 to denote yes,
Sex of live birth (male or female) ____ year of live birth ____ month ____should be mentioned.
If there is more than one live birth in the reference period, all the children should be counted and sex (male or female) should be denoted by code, and year and month of all children born should be mentioned separately. In the reference period of one year, if any woman has had twin or triple live births, then the year and month of all children should be noted respectively by denoting the sex of children. If the space is not sufficient, the next page should be added to denote the live births.
