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Table 4 Response rates to pilot surveys 1 and 2 by maternal sociodemographic characteristics

From: Methods to increase response rates to a population-based maternity survey: a comparison of two pilot studies

 

Pilot 1 (N = 287)

Pilot 2 (N = 662)

% difference

95% CI for % difference

n^

%+

n^

%+

  

Age (years)

 16–24

28

18.4

57

18.0

−0.4

− 6.7, 8.3

 25–29

69

25.7

159

28.4

+2.7

−3.9, 8.9

 30–34

95

28.3

252

39.5

+11.2

4.9, 17.2

 > = 35

95

38.9

194

44.1

+5.2

−2.5, 12.7

Marital status

 Married

175

33.4

452

42.3

+8.9

3.8, 13.8

 Joint registration (same address)

90

26.7

166

27.3

+0.6

−5.4, 6.4

 Joint registration (different address)

15

15.5

32

17.1

+1.6

−8.1, 10.0

 Sole registration

7

16.7

12

13.2

−3.5

−8.4, 18.5

Country of birth

 UK

228

32.2

500

36.7

+4.5

0.2, 8.7

 Not UK

59

20.3

162

27.5

+7.2

1.1, 12.8

Index of multiple deprivation (IMD)

 1st (most deprived)

40

16.0

104

21.1

+5.1

−1.0, 10.6

 2nd

59

24.6

130

29.2

+4.6

−2.5, 11.3

 3rd

66

31.6

125

34.0

+2.4

−5.7, 10.1

 4th

61

40.4

147

43.6

+3.2

−6.3, 12.4

 5th (least deprived)

61

40.7

156

50.3

+9.6

−0.1, 18.9

Region

 North East

17

34.7

27

32.5

−2.2

−13.7, 18.9

 North West

35

25.4

85

32.1

+6.7

−2.8, 15.5

 Yorkshire & the Humber

23

21.9

65

32.5

+10.6

−0.1, 20.2

 East Midlands

22

25.9

48

30.0

+4.1

−8.0, 15.2

 West Midlands

29

27.1

74

34.4

+7.3

−3.6, 17.3

 East of England

39

34.5

83

37.2

+2.7

−8.3, 13.1

 London

51

25.8

104

28.3

+2.5

−5.3, 9.9

 South East

51

36.2

122

40.4

+4.2

−5.6, 13.5

 South West

20

31.3

54

39.1

+7.8

−6.6, 20.8

  1. ^ Number of responses
  2. +Response rate within subcategory