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Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...

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The estimation <strong>of</strong> adult <strong>and</strong> maternal mortality requires reasonably accurate reporting <strong>of</strong> the<br />

number <strong>of</strong> brothers <strong>and</strong> sisters a respondent has ever had, the number who have died, <strong>and</strong> for maternal<br />

mortality, the number <strong>of</strong> sisters who have died <strong>of</strong> maternity-related causes. One measure <strong>of</strong> the quality<br />

<strong>of</strong> the data collected is the completeness <strong>of</strong> information on siblings. Table 9.1 shows data from the<br />

<strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong> TLDHS on the number <strong>of</strong> siblings reported by the respondents <strong>and</strong> the completeness <strong>of</strong> the<br />

data reported on current age, age at death, <strong>and</strong> years since death. Of the 63,481 siblings reported in the<br />

sibling history, survival status was not reported for 16 siblings (

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