Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: FAMILY PLANNING AMO NG UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A 
CASE STUDY OF A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN GHANA  
 
Version: 1 Date: 05 Apr 2018  
 
Reviewer: Yusuf Cetin Doganer  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
The authors studied about family planning among undergraduate university students in  
Ghana.  
 
Below you will find out  some important suggestions for the manuscript:  
 
1. There are some grammar mistakes which cause difficulties to understand the real 
points of the study. The authors should go through the  manuscrit by the help of 
English professional.  
2. On page 4, line 31 -39: ''Although past and current national surveys on family 
planning in Ghana (GDHS 2014) have extensively looked at contraceptive uptake in 
the country, there is limited focus on contraceptive up take among students in various 
Universities hence the focus of this study to examine acceptance of family planning 
among students of University of Education, Winneba.''. The sentence is too long and 
disturbes the meaning. Instead of long sentence, the authors could separete the 
sentence before ''hence''.  
3. On page  5, the 1st paragraph should be shortened to one sentence to describe the 
study area. There are so many details about University.  
4. Faculty names could be given on page 5, line 46 in the senntence of '' …………All 
the five (5) faculties were……………….''  
5. The authors can just emphasize two faculties were selected among five faculties. 
Selection method based on ''…….. written on paper, folded and put in a round bowl 
and a friend was asked to pick from the bowl with eyes closed.'' does not seem so nice 
in an aca demic paper.  
6. What version of SPSS was used in data analysis?  
7. On page 6, line 49 -51: ''The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 
software was used to analyze the data. Multivariable tables were generated. The SPSS  
programme software was used for data entry.''. there is no need to repeat the 
information that authors use SPSS in data analysis twice.  
8. The authors give so much findings in Results although they're shown in tables. For 
instances:  
- ''Most of the respondents (n=67 or 67.0%) k new that one could get pregnant by relying 
on the withdrawal method, while 25 respondents (n=25 or 25.0%) were of the opinion 
that it is impossible to get pregnant if the withdrawal method is used.'' The authors can 
give only main result (67.0%) and reader s could find out others (25.0%) in the related 
table.  
9. Inserting the results (numbers) in the discussion is not convenient according to 
writing       style. The authors should discuss the findings comparing the other study 
results and comment on the diff erence or same conclusion of the study.  
10. In the tables, assuming ''F'' is freeuency,  ''n'' could be better choice instead. ''Gender'' 
would be better instead of ''sex''.  
11. I have doubt that so many tables cause negative effect while reading the manus cipt.        
 
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to  the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects req uire further  
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
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1. Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an  
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3. Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the content of the  
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holds  or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript?  
 
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