Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Social capital and fertility behaviors: A cross -sectional study in Iranian wome n health care 
workers.  
 
Version: 0 Date: 15 Feb 2020  
 
Reviewer: Fereshteh Behmanesh  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
Dear Editor  
 
Thanks for choosing me as a reviewer, I have writte n my comments to the authors below:  
 
In the Background, bring more study related to social capital and childbearing and a framework 
about the relation  
 
In the method, write the effect size of 0.18 is related to which variable and bring the reference.  
 
How wer e selected the two main strata of hospitals and healthcare centers? On what basis? 
Please explain more.  
 
In the Result section, line 5 -11 "Forty five percent (45%) of the respondents had single child. A 
number of 14.4% of women were planning for pregnancy, and about 59% of them did not intend 
to become pregnancy even if they were supported by the government.". It seems that the percent 
of 59% is not correct.  
 
Dr Fereshteh Behmanesh  
 
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.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
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 statis tics in the manuscript or would you recommend an  
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I recommend additional statistical review  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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