Interviewer instructions
The priority order for recording events in each month in Column 1 is as follows:
1)Live births (“B”)
2)Completed months of pregnancy preceding live births (“P”)
3)Months of current pregnancy (“P”)
4)Terminated pregnancies (“T”)
5)Completed months of pregnancy before a terminated pregnancy (“P”)
6)Resumption of menstruation (“M”)
7)Postpartum Amenorrhea (“A”)
·For durations of pregnancy, respondents are asked for the number of completed months that they were pregnant, but we do not know this precisely. A birth in the calendar with a “B” and 8 “P”s is assumed to be a birth of 9 months gestation, but may be slightly shorter or longer.
·As “B”, “P” or “T” takes precedence over “M” and “A”, there may be some cases you need to cross out “M” and “A” you have entered and overwrite “B”, “P” or “T” in the same month(s). When this happens, delete “A” with 2 horizontal lines and replace with “P”. Please keep your entry readable for a data entry officer.
·If a delivery results in a live birth and a stillbirth in the same month then only the live birth is recorded in the calendar. This potentially results in a slight undercounting of stillbirths.
