Trends in response rates and respondent characteristics in five National Maternity Surveys in England during 1995-2018

Archives of public health = Archives belges de santé publique
Siân HarrisonMaria A Quigley

Abstract

The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit in England has conducted five National Maternity Surveys (NMS) at varying intervals since 1995. This paper aims to describe the changes in NMS response rates over time and to compare the demographic characteristics of respondents to each NMS. This paper is based on secondary data analysis of the NMS (cross-sectional postal surveys) from 1995 to 2018. All women aged 16 years and over who gave birth in England (and Wales in 1995) during specified time periods from 1995 to 2018 were eligible to be selected. For each survey, between 3570 and 16,000 women who were 3-6 months postpartum were selected at random by the Office for National Statistics, using birth registrations. Women could participate on paper, by telephone (from 2006) or online (from 2010). The response rate to the NMS decreased from 67% in 1995 to 29% in 2018. The decline was evident across demographic groups. In all NMS, response rates were higher in women who were older (crude prevalence ratios (PR) for 16-24 years versus 30-34 years = 0.51-0.73 (across surveys)), married (crude PR for sole versus married registrants = 0.41-0.62), born in the UK (crude PR for non UK-born versus UK-born = 0.70-0.84), and living in less deprive...Continue Reading

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