Interviewer instructions
Write 'Alive' or 'Dead' in respect of the persons real mother, that is the woman who bore him/her. (Not the mother who may have adopted the person being enumerated).
If the person's real mother is alive, ASK "Is this person's mother present in the household?"
If the answer is 'Yes' and the person's real mother was present in the household, write the mother's person number. (If, for example, the person's real mother was present and her particulars are recorded in column 2, write her person number '2') This allows 'mothers' and their 'own children' to be linked by person number in the one household.
If the person's mother was not in the household but was somewhere else, write 'Alive Not Present' which you may shorten to 'AliveNP'.