Year of first birth
(cm2ay)
File: Woman
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Year of first birth?
Interviewer instructions
All questions refer only to LIVE births.
You need to obtain the year of the woman's first birth, which means the very first time she
gave birth, even if the child is no longer living, or is the child of a partner other than her
current one. As with all questions about dates and ages, you may need to probe to obtain
the best information.
Ask for the child's date of birth. If she knows the exact birth date, enter the day, month and
year of birth on the lines provided and skip to CM3.
If she can give the year of birth, enter it in the space provided and ask the month of the
birth. If she cannot give the year of the birth, circle ''9999' and skip to CM2B.
