Characteristics of women who stop smoking in pregnancy
Experimental analysis of data from the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS), April 2018 to March 2019.
Applies to England
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Experimental analysis of the characteristics of women who stop smoking in pregnancy based on data from the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) for the financial year April 2018 to March 2019 for babies born to women who were resident in England. It presents information about the woman’s self-reported smoking status before pregnancy, at booking and at delivery, collected by services when women book to receive maternity services (the ‘maternity booking appointment’) and at delivery. The analysis examines the smoking habits of women with different characteristics including:
- age, ethnicity, deprivation and employment
- region
- complex social factors
- substance and alcohol use
- whether a woman is booking within 10 completed weeks of pregnancy
- whether it is a first or subsequent pregnancy
The analysis can be used to inform population-level stop smoking campaigns aimed at women who are planning a pregnancy and to inform the targeting of stop smoking services for pregnant women.