Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of Miscarriage (SOC-MISC).
An ERC Starting Grant funded project analysing the social inequalities in the risk and consequences of miscarriage in Finland, France, and the UK lead by @heinivaisanen
The project aims to:
1. develop methodologies to study miscarriage
2. examine social inequalities in miscarriage risk
3. study social inequalities in health consequences of miscarriage
4. compare these results between areas/countries.
| Funding | European Research Council (ERC, SOC-MISC, Grant agreement ID: 101077594) |
| Institution | Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques (INED) |
| Website | https://soc-misc.site.ined.fr/en/ |
📢 The SOC-MISC project will participate in #EPC2026 in Bologna!
@heinivaisanen sent a paper on social inequalities in #miscarriage risk in #Finland (https://epc2026.eaps.nl/abstracts/260835)
MC Compans's paper is on the same topic in #France (https://epc2026.eaps.nl/abstracts/261481)
💡 Among those hospitalised, financially precarious women were more likely to stay overnight — pointing to potential delays and complications
We could improve miscarriage care by tackling access barriers, investing in counselling, and tailoring support for the most vulnerable
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💡 Most miscarriages do not lead to hospitalisation — many are managed in outpatient settings, primary care or outside the healthcare system
💡 Rural areas, financial precarity, chronic conditions, age and prior miscarriage history are associated with higher hospitalisation rates
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🆕 New preprint!
We know surprisingly little about how people navigate care after pregnancy loss. We explore this using French national health insurance records.
🔗Link to the preprint: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/ud76b_v1
👥Authors: MC Compans, Hélène Malmanche and @heinivaisanen
#ReproductiveHealth #Miscarriage #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #HealthcareAccess
Key findings below 👇
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We find relatively similar & plausible #miscarriage estimates: 18-24% of women experience miscarriages, and 14-21% of all pregnancies are miscarriages.
Miscarriage rates by age are similar to a previous study for younger age groups, but the estimates diverge from age 35, indicating uncertainty.
Authors: Selin Koksal, MC Compans, @heinivaisanen
Data: Next Steps, BCS70, Understanding Society, and NatSal
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📢 New preprint alert: #Miscarriage reporting in longitudinal and cross-sectional surveys in #GreatBritain!
We compare miscarriage questions and prevalence estimates in British cohort, panel & cross-sectional surveys.
Link to paper: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/e86sp_v1
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From research to action 💥
Two weeks ago, the SOC-MISC team hosted a workshop with Dr Mégane Acheche. Her clinical expertise at Besançon University Hospital is key to laying the foundations for some important next steps of the SOC-MISC project.
More information coming soon!
With the support of Fondation Solimut and the ERC.
#PregnancyLoss #Miscarriage #ActionResearch #ScienceInAction #WomensHealth #PublicHealth
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📢 Call for Papers: "Studying Pregnancy Losses"
We're excited to announce a session at the ESHMS Biennial Conference 2026 in Hamburg
📧 https://eshms.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CfA-2026_final_ESHMS.pdf
🗓️ Deadline: 15 February 2026
#ESHMS2026 #ReproductiveHealth #MedicalSociology #Miscarriage #PregnancyLoss
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Happy New Year everyone 🎉
📢 We are glad to announce that the first newsletter of the SOC-MISC project has just been published.
📖 Please read it and subscribe here to never miss updates on our #miscarriage research [https://soc-misc.site.ined.fr/en/about/soc-misc-newsletter/]
The newsletter will be published twice a year.
