Reviewer’ s report
Title: Changes in individual and contextual socio-economic level influence on reproductive
behavior in Spanish women. The MCC-Spain study
Version: 0Date: 25 Jan 2020
Reviewer: Kedra Wallace
Reviewer's report:
- Please define area-level deprivation in the introduction- In the final sentence of the introduction,
how many decades are the author referring to?- Lines 79-81 should be 2 sentences.- Please removethe leading periods from line 85- While the information in Table 1 is informative, I think some ofit could be better broken down. For instance there's a statistically significant difference in age atfirst delivery between the women who were born prior to 1950 vs. those born after 1950.However, was this true for each age bracket? I think additional post-hoc analysis could betterdefine the relationships that are being displayed and give more insight into the data.- I think itwould also be useful if the authors discussed the social change in attitude towards family sizewhich could also have an implication on reproductive behavior. For instance in the past it mayhave been more beneficial to have a larger family to help with various household chores, orfarming items in some geographic regions compared to that of women who were raised in moreurban areas where it was not beneficial to have a large family. How was the province that thewomen lived in taken into account beyond the regression analysis? No mention of this influence ismade in the discussion.- Please put a little more description regarding the population selection inthe introduction. Until the reader gets to the section in the discussion it almost feels as if theauthors just used a population of convenience to study.
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
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NoDoes the work include the necessary controls?
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YesAre the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
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YesAre you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an
additional statistical review?
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I am able to assess the statisticsQuality of written English
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Needs some language corrections before being published
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