Title: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PRIVATE
COLLEGE FEMALE STUDENTS IN DESSIE CITY, ETHIOPIA: MIXED METHOD
STUDY
Version: 2 Date: 20 Sep 2022
Reviewer's report:
Dear Editorial Teams, and Authors I'd would like to express my gratitude for considering me to
review the manuscript titled “GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS
AMONG FEMALE PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN DESSIE CITY, ETHIOPIA:
MIXED METHOD STUDY”
General comments
Your manuscript was well written, and I thoroughly reviewed it. The use of both qualitative and
quantitative studies enhances the study. However, there has been a lot of published research on
parent-adolescent communication in Ethiopia regarding sexual and reproductive health issues,
and the findings of this study are somewhat anticipated, offering nothing new. In my view,
this study adds nothing new to the evidence. What do the researchers hope to achieve from
their efforts? Is there a particular focus within your field of study? Please explain why you are
interested in these findings in more detail.
The paper had many grammatical and editorial problems.  You revised it again. I have listed
my comments below, and I hope the comments will improve the manuscript and may allow a
revision to be reassessed.
Specific comments
1. On the title page, it said SG (soliyeg@gmail.com), YW (yitbarek2003@gmail.com), ZA
(abegazzinet@gmail.com). What did you mean SG, YW…? You should rewrite as Selamawit
Gebrie (SG)1, Yitbarek Wasihun (YW)1…
2. The authors should correct and rewrite grammatical errors. Eg. in the abstract section line 36,
Descriptive statistics were conducted and the result was reported using frequency, and percentile.
Rewrite as …the results were…
3. What did you mean “drunken female”? (In the abstract, line 48). Cleary describe it.
Introduction
4. The introduction was very intensive, better to summarize and reduce it.
Method
5. Why did you interested on the private colleges? What about public colleges and universities?
6. How many participants did you include in the qualitative study?
7. What was the study design for your quantitative study? I think is it cross-sectional. In the result
section, it said “CONSEQUENCES OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE”…” CONSEQUENCES OF
SEXUAL VIOLENCE”. How to measure these effects. Is it your objective? It makes the reader
huge confusion. Make it clear.
8. How did you measure your outcome variables (GBV)? There is a lot of confusion concerning
it. What were the variables and time bounds to measure GBV? GBV over a lifetime, in the last
12 months, or... Clearly define it.
9. How did you measure family income? The most participants’ family are not civil servants.
It is difficult to measure monthly income for non-civil servant families. It is better to calculate
the wealth index instead of family income.
10. In data processing and analysis (Line 209), ‘Data were checked for completeness and
consistency after that it was coded and entered into EPI-data v 4.6.0.2, and then it will be
exported to SPPSS 23 statistical software for process and analysis’. Revise the manuscript for
grammatical (tense) and topographic errors. Eg it will, SPPSS
11. Variables, which had p-values less than 0.2-bivariable logistic regression, were candidate
for multivariate logistic regression. Why did you take the cut point 0.2? Why not 0.1 or 0.3?
12. You checked the multi-collinearity effect with VIF. What was the value of VIF in this study?
13. You should include recall bias in strength and limitation section.
14. You should more fully write about the recommendation, which is interesting for
policymakers.
THANK YOU