Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Contraceptive experience and perception. A survey among Ukrainian women.  
 
Version: 2 Date: 22 May 2018  
 
Reviewer: Made Laanpere  
 
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My main remark is that it is not reliable to use word "experiences" as the data are "self - 
reported". For example table 2 - side effects are "self -reported" as far you do not have medical 
records. This should be taken into account throughou t the text.  
My second comment is about figures (both are presented as figure1) and tables. The titles of the 
figures and tables should be understandable without the text in the paper. It means they should 
contain all numbers about the sample size presente d, when and where the study was performed 
etc.  
The same should be taken into account in the contents of table. For example table 1: number of 
the postabortion group and postpartum group is missing.  
Are the methods appropriate and well describ ed? 
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Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Unable to assess  
 
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Yes 
 
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Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
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Acceptable  
 
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