Dzakpasu Susie, Kaczorowski Janusz, Chalmers Beverley, Heaman Maureen, Duggan Joseph, Neusy Elisabeth
Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa ON.
Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Community and Primary Care Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver BC.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2008 Mar;30(3):207-216. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32757-8.
The Maternity Experiences Survey (MES) is an initiative of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System. Its primary objective is to provide representative, pan-Canadian data on women's experiences during pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period.
The development of the survey involved input from a multidisciplinary study group, an extensive consultation process and two pilot studies. TheMES population consisted of birth mothers 15 years of age and over who had a singleton live birth in Canada during a three-month period preceding the 2006 Canadian Census of Population and who lived with their infants at the time of data collection. Experiences of teenage, immigrant, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis mothers were of particular interest. The sample was drawn from the 2006 Canadian Census. A 45-minute interview was conducted at five to 14 months postpartum, primarily by telephone by female professional Statistics Canada interviewers.
A response rate of 78% was achieved, corresponding to 6421 women who were weighted to represent an estimated 76508 women. The cooperation rate was 92% and the refusal rate was 1.0%. Item non-response was low, and few data errors were identified. The final MES sample was judged to be representative of the corresponding Census population for all characteristics investigated.
The MES marks an important milestone in the availability of information on maternity experiences in Canada. For the first time, it is possible to provide high quality data at national, provincial, and territorial levels on a wide spectrum of maternity experiences as reported by women.
《产妇经历调查》（MES）是加拿大围产期监测系统的一项举措。其主要目标是提供关于加拿大妇女在孕期、分娩期及产后早期经历的具有代表性的全国数据。
该调查的开展涉及多学科研究小组的意见、广泛的咨询过程以及两项试点研究。MES的调查对象为在2006年加拿大人口普查前三个月内在加拿大单胎活产且在数据收集时与婴儿同住的15岁及以上的生母。特别关注青少年母亲、移民母亲、原住民母亲、因纽特母亲和梅蒂斯母亲的经历。样本取自2006年加拿大人口普查数据。产后5至14个月进行了一次45分钟的访谈，主要由加拿大统计局女性专业访谈员通过电话进行。
回复率达到78%，相当于6421名女性，经过加权后代表约76508名女性。合作率为92%，拒绝率为1.0%。项目无回答率较低，且几乎未发现数据错误。最终的MES样本在所有调查特征方面被判定能够代表相应的人口普查人群。
MES标志着加拿大在获取产妇经历信息方面的一个重要里程碑。首次有可能在国家、省和地区层面提供妇女报告的广泛产妇经历的高质量数据。
