Interviewer instructions
3.26 Children ever born
Children ever born are children who were alive at birth, even though they may have lived for a short moment. Children who do not breathe at birth are not classified as children ever born.
Children ever born include:
a. Children who were born alive and still live
b. Children who were born alive but have already died, even though they were alive for a short moment
Children ever born exclude:
a. Children who do not breathe at birth; that is, they were dead before delivery
b. Aborted children
c. Step son/daughter or adopted son/daughter
3.33.1 For the number of children ever born,
a. The total number of children ever born is counted from the total number of children even born from the woman until 0:00am on April 1, 1970.
b. The number of ever born children who are alive is considered from the living of those children at 0:00am on April 1, 1970.
[From column 17 to column 24, ask only persons age 11 years or older.]
Column 18: Total number of children ever born alive (See detail in chapter 3 number 3.26)
[Ask only ever married women.]
For single persons and women aged less than 11 years, write a dash.
Ask: "How many children ever born alive does the woman have?"
Record the total number of children ever born alive in column 18.
If the woman is married but has no children, record "None".
