Year of birth of woman
(WM8Y)
File: Woman
Questions and instructions
Pre question
Repeat greeting if not already read to this woman:
We are from the National Statistical Office of Mongolia. We are working on a project concerned with family health and education. I would like to talk to you about this. The interview will take about 40 minutes. All the information we obtain will remain strictly confidential and your answers will never be identified. Also, you are not obliged to answer any question you don't want to, and you may withdraw from the interview at any time.
May I start now?
If permission is given, begin the interview. If the woman does not agree to continue, thank her, complete WM7, and go to the next interview. Discuss this result with your supervisor for a future revisit.
Literal question
In what month and year were you born?
Post question
If answer is 9998 > Go to question WM9
Interviewer instructions
If she knows her year of birth, enter it in the spaces for 'Year'. Try under all circumstances to obtain at least the year of birth. If the respondent is unable to provide this information, ask whether she has any documentation such as an identification card, horoscope, or a birth certificate that might give her date of birth. If such documentation is available, ask the woman if the information on the document(s) is correct. Only when it is absolutely impossible to even estimate the year of birth you should circle '9998' for 'DK Year', then skip to WM9.
