Question pretext
Repeat greeting if not already read to this respondent:
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 respondent does not agree to continue, thank him/her and go to the next interview. Discuss this result with your supervisor for a future revisit.
Literal question
Now I would like to ask you some questions about the health of each child under the age of 5 in your care, who lives with you now.
Now I want to ask you about (name).
In what month and year was (name) born?
Probe:
What is his/her birthday?
Categories
| Value |
Category |
| 98 |
Don't know |
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.
Interviewer instructions
Ask the mother or primary caretaker for the child's month of birth. Probe: What is his/her birthmonth? It is important to record the child's month of birth accurately.
If the mother/primary caretaker knows the exact month of birth, enter the month of birth. Convert the month to a number as you have done before. Enter the number in the space provided. If the month contains only one digit, use a leading zero. For example, the month of March is coded as '03'. Note that you are not allowed to enter DK for month of birth. You have to obtain month of birth of the child.
If the mother/primary caretaker is unable to provide the month of birth information, ask whether she/he has any documentation such as an identification card, health card, horoscope, or a birth or baptismal certificate that might give the month of birth of the child. However, confirm with the respondent that the month of birth recorded on such documents is indeed correct. If there is no other way to determine the month of birth circle '98' for 'DK'.
