Interviewer instructions
Children ever born
To women born in 1981 or before
The next set of questions, F1 to F5, apply to all women born in 1981 or before.
163. An answer is required of all women in this category whether or not they are married, whether or not they are still attending school, and whether or not you think they may have borne children.
If the person is male or is a girl born 1982 to 1996, write 'N/A' on line F1 and leave the rest of the column blank.
If possible speak to the woman herself. She will know about the children she has borne and will be able to answer the questions more accurately than anyone else.
The census is concerned with all the children a woman has borne. Include children who have grown up and left home, children borne by the woman to other men as well as to her present husband, her children who are living away from home and children who have died even if they died shortly after birth. Be careful to include very young babies.
Do not include adopted children, step children or children who may be staying in the household but were not borne by the woman herself.
We are concerned with the number of children the woman has borne alive. '0' is a number. If the appropriate number of any line is '0', then write '0'. Do not leave lines blank and do not use any other symbol. It is just as important to record women who have not given birth as it to record those who have.
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A child born alive is one who cries after being born. The census is concerned with children born alive. Do not include still births - that is children who did not cry and were born dead.
Question F2
165. Ask,
'How many were elsewhere on census night?'
Write the number of boys and girls whom the woman has borne who were not in the household on census night. If the answer is 'none' write '0' in the appropriate box.
