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: 05 Feb 2020
Reviewer: Yusuf Cetin Doganer
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,I read the manuscript entitled "Changes in individual and contextual socio-economic
level influence on reproductive behavior in Spanish women. The MCC-Spain study" with a greatinterest. Here are few suggestions:1.Instead of "paper", the usage of "study" sounds more proper inan academic publication. (Exp: On page 5, "The main goal in this paper is to analyze the influenceof……………"2.Descriptions about education levels do not seem consistent. The authors explainthe education level as "less than primary, primary school, secondary school and university" in theMethods. But categorization of these levels change as "unfinished primary, primary studies,secondary studies, high education" at the Table 1. The term of "studies" is not suitable in thiscontext. 3.What are the economic level thresholds to stratify the sample into the groups of low,middle, and high levels?4.I read and understand why the authors choose the 1950 as a milestone inthe 1st paragraph of discussion. But, it would be better to insert a brief statement including areason of why 1950 was chosen as a milestone also in the Methods.Kind Regards,
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