Smoking during pregnancy : a comparison of birth certificate data and PRAMS data in South Carolina, 2004-2005

Abstract

Each year data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System is linked with corresponding data from birth certificates. When PRAMS data is used for maternal and child health research it is often used in conjunction with data from birth certificates. Some data collected by PRAMS are also collected on the birth certificate. This allows for comparisons to be made between PRAMS survey data and birth certificate data. This fact sheet examines the agreement between the "smoking during the last trimester of pregnancy" variable from the PRAMS survey and the "smoking during the last trimester of pregnancy" variable from the birth certificate.