Interviewer instructions
7.1 Fertility
The information requested of women 12 years of age and older allows the study of fertility at the geographical levels within the reach of the census. Through questions about the accumulated and recent birthrate, an estimate can be made of specific indicators of the effective reproductive capacity of the population, such as global fertility rates and those grouped by age. Also, through crossing this data with that corresponding to other variables investigated in the Census, social and other determinants of levels and changes that have taken place over time can be studied.
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Through questions, presented to women 12 years of age and older, about the total number of children born and about the children born in the last year, it is possible to estimate, through indirect methods, fertility rates for all of the geographical levels within the reach of the census.
7.2 Total children born alive
This refers to the total number of children born alive to all women 12 years of age and older; fetal deaths are excluded.
7.3 Live birth
A child born alive is a newborn, who has been pushed out of or extracted from the body of the mother, regardless of the duration of the pregnancy, who, after this separation, breathes or shows any sign of life, such as a heartbeat, a pulsation of the umbilical cord, or any voluntary muscle contraction whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut, attached or unattached to the placenta. Also included are children born alive who passed away immediately after birth, those who are not currently alive, and those who are currently alive whether or not they live with the mother at the time of enumeration.
