Interviewer instructions
In this section, information is collected about the births that a woman has had during her life, her current pregnancy status, and her knowledge of the monthly menstrual cycle. This is a particularly important section, and you need to be especially careful to obtain all the required information.
These questions collect information about all births that the woman has had (no matter who the father is). It is important that you understand which events to include. We want to count all of the respondent's natural births. You should count all children who were born alive (that is, who showed signs of life by crying, breathing, or moving) even if they survived only for a few minutes. We want to know about the number of all the woman's births even if the child no longer stays in the household or if the child is no longer alive.
It is also important to understand which events should not be recorded. You must not record adopted or foster children or children of relatives who may be living in the households. You also should not include any of her husband's children to whom the respondent did not give birth herself. Finally, you must not record children who were born dead (stillbirths), miscarriages, or abortions.
This question serves two purposes: to introduce the section and to learn whether the respondent has ever given birth. Then fill the total number of births ever born to her in her whole life in Q302.
