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XI CHILD PROTECTIONBirth RegistrationThe Convention on the Rights of the Child states that everychild has the right to a name and a nationality and the rightto protection from being deprived of his or her identity. Birthregistration is a fundamental means of securing these rightsfor children. A World Fit for Children goal is to developsystems to ensure the registration of every child at, or shortlyafter, birth, and fulfil his or her right to acquire a name anda nationality, in accordance with national laws and relevantinternational instruments. The indicator is the percentageof children under 5 years of age whose birth is registered.The births of 99 percent of children under five years of agein Serbia have been registered (Table CP.1). There are nosignificant variations in birth registration across sex, age,region or education categories. Having the birth certificateat home in Serbia is not mandatory, due to the fact that it isvalid up to 6 months only.Table CP.1: Birth registration, Serbia, 2010Percentage of children under age 5 by whether birth is registered and percentageof children not registered whose mothers/caretakers know how to register birth*Children under age 5 whose birth is registeredwith civil authoritiesHas birth certificateSeen Not seenNo birthcertificateTotalregistered 1NumberofchildrenSexMale 62.1 34.4 2.7 99.2 1670Female 62.2 33.0 3.5 98.7 1704RegionBelgrade 64.5 32.2 .1 96.8 639Vojvodina 58.9 36.5 3.8 99.2 994Sumadija andWestern Serbia56.8 35.8 6.7 99.3 905Southern andEastern Serbia70.1 29.1 .6 99.7 836AreaUrban 66.6 30.6 1.4 98.6 1810Rural 57.0 37.2 5.1 99.3 1564Age0–11 months 63.2 31.3 3.1 97.7 55912–23 months 61.4 35.1 2.9 99.4 66124–35 months 62.5 32.3 4.3 99.1 748Children under age 5 whose birth is registeredwith civil authoritiesHas birth certificateSeen Not seenNo birthcertificateTotalregistered 1NumberofchildrenAge36–47 months 61.1 36.3 2.1 99.6 66348–59 months 62.6 33.1 2.9 98.7 743Mother’s educationPrimary 41.2 48.0 7.9 97.1 480Secondary 63.6 32.6 2.8 99.0 1982Higher 69.7 28.8 1.3 99.7 878Wealth index quintilePoorest 43.3 45.8 7.6 96.7 634Second 60.2 36.8 2.6 99.5 658Middle 64.2 32.9 2.3 99.4 599Fourth 68.2 28.3 2.6 99.0 665Richest 72.0 26.8 1.0 99.8 818Total 62.2 33.7 3.1 98.9 33741MICS indicator 8.1(*) The column “Children under age 5 whose birth is not registered” is excluded due to a small numberof occurences (less than 25 unweighted cases)MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 171