Variable CM1 : Ever given birth
Overview
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Type:
Discrete
Format: numeric Width: 1 Decimal(s): 0 Range: 1-2 |
Valid case(s): 5385
Invalid: 412 Minimum: 1 Maximum: 2 |
File: wm
Universe
Women with a completed interview (WM7=1)
Source of information
Respondent
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | 4216 |  78.3%
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| 2 | No | 1169 | 21.7%
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| Sysmiss | 412 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics
of the population of interest.
Pre-question
All questions refer only to LIVE births.
Literal question
Now i would like to ask about all the births you have had during your life. Have you ever given birth?
Interviewer instructions
This module is to be administered to all eligible women age 15-49. All questions refer only to live births. These questions are used to collect information about all births the woman has ever had (including births from earlier marriages). The answers are used to estimate childhood mortality rates. Survey Coordinators: Explain what a live birth is to interviewers during training. Make sure that interviewers understand clearly the difference between a live birth and other pregnancy outcomes, such as stillbirths, miscarriages and abortions. In countries where the term used for 'live birth' may not be distinct enough from terms used for other pregnancy outcomes, make sure that the questionnaire and your instructions to the interviewers are very clear, and that the interviewers are able to explain to respondents what is meant by a live birth, if necessary. It is important that the respondent understands which events to include in these reports. We want to know about all of the woman's natural births, even if the child no longer lives with her and even if the child is no longer alive. We want to know about children who were born alive - ever breathed or cried or showed other signs of life - even if they lived only a few minutes or hours. We do not want you to record any stillbirths (children who were born dead), or miscarriages, or children adopted by the woman, or children of her present husband born to another wife (to whom the respondent herself did not give birth). The first question of the module is used to determine if the rest of the module and several subsequent modules should be administered to this woman. If the answer is 'Yes', circle '1', and continue with the next question. If the woman says she has never given birth, circle '2' and skip to CM8.