Reviewer’ s report
Title: Factors affecting self-rated health of immigrant women married to native men and raising
children in South Korea: A cross-sectional study
Version: 0Date: 09 Mar 2020
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses a testable research
question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clear objective)?Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for the
objective?Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow
confidence in the results?No - there are minor issues
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Yes - appropriate statistical analyses have been used in the study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
Yes - the author's interpretation is reasonable
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version of this work technically sound?
If not, can revisions be made to make the work technically sound?Probably - with minor revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:GENERAL COMMENTS: This paper contributes to the literature by examining a population that
has not been studied. Often papers published focus on immigrants to the United States. However,it is important to keep in mind that this paper examines the immigrants from the five ethnicitygroups as one. While there were results by subgroup, this paper was unable to communicate howeach group differed and why the results were inconsistent or consistent due to each culture, orwhatever the reason may have been.The overall impression is that this is a large data set and the objective was met, but there is oneconcern. While the authors were able to gather data on the variables at different levels (householdand community), which is valuable, there was only one question to assess health. All the variables
were examined based on this one dependent variable which was not measured well.
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.
NoDoes the work include the necessary controls?
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.
No
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.
YesAre you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an
additional statistical review?If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require furtherassessment in your comments to the editors.
I am able to assess the statisticsQuality of written English
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:
Acceptable
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