Literal question
<span class="em">For women age 15 and older (check from questions 27 and 29)</span></p>
<p>56. In total, how many live births has [the respondent] had, even if the baby died a few hours or days after being born?</p>
<div class="i1">If the interviewee has had children, record the number of children born. If the interviewee has had children of only one sex, record the total number and write "00" in the box corresponding to the other sex. If the interviewee has never had children, fill in the bubble "none", then go to the next person.</div><div class="i1">_ _ Female children<br />_ _ Male children<br /><br />[] None (go to next person)</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Question 56</span>. In total, how many children has [the respondent] had, even if the baby died a few hours or days after being born?
<br />The purpose of this question and the following questions is to gather information in order to estimate two important demographic variables: mortality and fertility.
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<br />All children born alive are considered alive if they are breathing, had heart beat or any other sign of life. Ask the mother about her live births, since it is common for mothers to not count as live births those children who were born alive but died a few hours or days after being born.
<br />Read the information above question 56 which indicated that the question is only for women age 15 or older. Therefore you should only ask this question to all women who are 15 years old or older, as stated in the instructions you should check the age and sex of the women from questions 27 and 29.
