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 day of birth. Probe: What is his/her birthday?
If the mother/primary caretaker knows the exact birth day, enter it. Otherwise, circle '98' for 'DK'. You do not need to probe further for day of birth.
If the mother/primary caretaker is unable to provide the day of birth information, ask whether she/he has any documentation such as an identification card, health card, horoscope, or a birth or certificate that might give the day of birth of the child. However, confirm with the respondent that the day of birth recorded on such documents is indeed correct.
