Interviewer instructions
These questions are designed to determine the numbers of children born. This information is essential to policy makers in making estimates of the size of future populations of the country and the types of government services they might need. Because some of these questions deal with death of a child, some respondents may find it difficult to discuss these matters. Try to be sympathetic and patient with the woman who finds these questions to be sensitive.
This refers to the live births that are still alive and are living either within the household, secondly, somewhere in Tonga and those who are overseas. The sex of each of these child is requested and the total of both sexes.