Interviewer instructions
B. Questions for all the people
This part involves all people who slept in the household the night before census day. The questions in this part are also found in the short questionnaire.
The questions in this part must be asked to every person following the order set. You must follow the flow of questions as arranged and read the question as written in the questionnaire. For more explanation, refer explanations in part 3.7 (how to ask questions).
Part "B" of the questionnaire contains the following questions:
Question 9: Is your biological father alive? Is your biological mother alive?
In this question, we want to know if the parents of a member of the household are alive. Start by asking a member of the household if the biological father is alive and then ask if the biological mother is alive.
In other customs, people will consider the children they raised as their own even when they are born by other people. These children, who are raised by people other than their parents such as step mother, should not be taken as their parents. Therefore, it is better if you make the respondent understand that we are talking about biological parents of a member of the household, not guardians.
If the biological mother and father of a member of household are alive or not, shade code "1" or "2", according to the answer given by the member of household.
If the respondent does not know whether the biological parents are alive or dead, use code "8". This situation may happen and will not be seen as abnormal.
Use the following codes:
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 8 Don't know
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