Reviewer’ s report
Title: Understanding individual, family and community perspectives on delaying early birth
among adolescent girls: Findings from a formative evaluation in rural Bangladesh
Version: 2Date: 01 Jul 2020
Reviewer: Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Reviewer's report:
General comments:
The paper reads well. It has a number of little typos. The journal titles contain lower cases whereupper cases may be required.Specific comments:Page 1:No suggested changes.Page 2:Line 43: Add the word childbearing after the word delay.Page 3:No suggested changes.Page 4:Line 97: Correct the typo in the spelling of the word Pakistan in reference 12 (line 660).Pages 5 and 6:No suggested changes.Page 7:Line 164: Replace the words 'as a married woman' with the words 'as married women'.
Page 8: No suggested changes.
Pages 9-10:It is not clear why the involvement of influential adults in income generation activities is presentedin this table and how his is relevant to the discussion.Page 11:Line 252: Consider saying 'would have preferred' instead of 'preferred'.Page 12:No suggested changes.Page 13:Line 310: Replace the word members with the word members.Page 14:No suggested changes.Page 15:No suggested changes.Page 16:Line 376: Correct the spelling of the word compatibility.Page 17Line 417: Correct the spelling of marital.
Line 423: Correct the spelling of marital.
Line 424: Consider deleting the word natal before the word parents. It is not needed.
Page 18:No suggested changes.Page 19:No suggested changes.Page 20Line 491: Replace the words contraceptive use with the word contraceptives.Line 503: Replace the words the husband with the words their husbands.Page 21
Line 522: Correct the spelling of the word female (twice).
Line 525: Delete the phrase 'for the woman'.Line 545: Replace the words 'The study' with the word 'It'.Page 22Line 560: Add the word 'an' before the word offspring.Page 23:Line 571: Check reference 25; it does not read correctly. Change the first letter of the word journalin reference 26 to upper case.Page 24:No suggested changes.
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