Title: Fertility and self-rated health of migrant women of childbearing age——an analysis of
moderating effects based on socioeconomic status
Version: 3 Date: 02 Feb 2024
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses one or several
testable research questions? (Brief or other article types: is there a clear objective?)
No - there are minor issues
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with sufficient technical rigor to
allow confidence in the results?
Yes - experiments and analyses were performed appropriately
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Not sure - I am not able to assess the statistics in this study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are major issues
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Has the author addressed your concerns sufficiently
for you to now recommend the work as a technically sound contribution? If not, can further
revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Maybe - with major revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: This is my third time reviewing this manuscript. The manuscript
continues to be plagued with poor english grammar and syntax that makes it challenging to
review and assess the quality of the paper.  While it is clear the authors have been good faith
attempts to respond to previous critiques, there are in fact better responses in the response to
reviewers letter than in the actual manuscript
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
1. The revised thesis statement/objective now reads :To investigate how fertility behavior affects
the health status of migrant women of childbearing age and what moderating effects migrant
women's socioeconomic status exerts in this process. I do not think "exerts" is the right word
here. 2. As a further example of the challenging English "Migration delays the birth of migrant
women, and giving birth at an advanced age can hurt their health. " this sentence implies women
are giving birth to themselves; the authors do not define what they regard as advanced age,
and the "hurt" aspect of health is not defined nor cited. 3. in this sentence "After reviewing
the literature, we have found inconsistent conclusion regarding the impact of fertility behaviors
on maternal parental health. Moreover, most of the studies have focused on the health of older
mothers" I wonder if the authors mean childbirth patterns? fertility behaviors refers to those
behaviors that people would undertake to attempt a pregnancy - for example, seeing a doctor,
measuring ovulation. I think what the authors are describing is more about patterns of birth
spacing or planning? 4. Also this sentence "Variables related to socioeconomic status also
significantly impact women's fertility behavior. As women's education levels increase, their
concept of marriage and childbearing changes, which in turn affects their fertility behavior
[22]" - what are the variable? only SES? what is the direction of the change? less interested
in marriage? more interested =again this is not fertility behavior but rather family planning/
pregnancy spacing. 5. this sentence is also confusing "According to Becker’s Quantity-quality
trade-off theory, the higher education status of women can be expected to be related to a higher
demand for child quality" - what is a child quality? A better quality of life for the child? 6. In
general the introduction is way too long and the reader loses interest trying to navigate what the
authors are trying to say, much of this would be better served as part of the discussion, which
needs to be enhanced as it re-states the results and information from the  introduction and does
not critically compare the findings to that of other published work.
ADDITIONAL REQUESTS/SUGGESTIONS:
A very thorough review by a native English speaker