Literal question
Fertility (Own children ever born alive)
[Question F-1 to F-6 were asked of females 12 years and over]
F-1 Live birth
Have you ever had a live birth? (Including babies who dies after birth)
[] 1-Yes
[] 2-No (If "No", go to next person or M-1)
Interviewer instructions
Chapter VI-Fertility
1. You are about to start a new topic so you have to prepare the respondent by informing her that you are now going to ask her questions about children and child bearing. Remember these are questions to be asked of female adults and not for husbands to answer for their wives, except where it is inevitable. Questions on fertility are to be asked only of those females who are 12 years old and over and they involve only their own children.
F - 1: Live birth
2. This is a child which, after being delivered showed signs of life, like crying, movement by involuntary reflexes, etc. If a child never showed any of these actions when it was born, then it was not a live birth. Married females tend to leave out children from earlier marriages. These are also supposed to be included for all the questions. Enter code 1 for "Yes" or code 2 for "No" in the box provided.
