The Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of Miscarriage (SOC-MISC) project studies miscarriages, which are estimated to affect around one if four of women in their lifetime. The role of social inequalities in miscarriage risk has rarely been investigated. Similarly, we know little about social inequalities in any possible mental and physical health consequences of miscarriage. Funded by the European Research Council, the SOC-MISC project aims to address this gap in knowledge using data from registers and surveys in Finland, France and the United Kingdom, as well as qualitative interviews in France.
The five year project started in January 2024. So far the project team has published two peer-reviewed academic articles, two pre-prints, and one commentary on miscarriage using data from France, Finland and the UK. Furthermore, we have participated in 7 conferences in France and abroad presenting a total of 10 oral presentations or posters (more information here). In addition to analysing quantitative surveys and administrative data in the three countries of the project, we collected qualitative interview data in 2025 from 41 women who recently experienced a miscarriage in France to better understand their experiences.
The project is hosted at Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED) in France, and it collaborates with the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland, and the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
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