Literal question
4. Women over 16 years of age: how many children have you given birth to:
[] None
[] 1
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
[] 7
[] 8
[] 9
[] 10 or more
4. To how many children have you given birth: mark the total number of all children you have given live birth to, even if they are now living elsewhere or are already deceased. Stepchildren, adopted children or foster children are not to be included in this question. Women under 16 years of age (and men) are not required to answer this question.
Interviewer instructions
4, How many children have you given birth to:
Selection boxes for the number of children born (none, 1 through 10 and more).
The total number of all children born living should be marked, even if they are now living somewhere else or are already deceased. Stepchildren, adopted children or foster children are not to be including in this question.
Women under 16 years of age (and men) are not required to answer this question.
Purpose of the question:
The total number of children of a woman can only be compiled with special questions and allows analyses of how the number of children of a woman is correlated with other characteristics: with the age at marriage, with the individual occupation, with the occupation of the husband with the educational status, etc.
[p. 68]
The results should help clarify birth and family statistical relations and ease the projection of the population of Austria. The large decrease in births in the last twenty years is the primary factor for the future demographic development.
