Reviewer’s report
Title:  Cervical cancer screening practices among women in Ghana: Evidence from Wave 2 of the
WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health
Version: 1 Date: 20 Oct 2019
Reviewer: Paolo Giorgi Rossi
Reviewer's report:
please in table 1 report numbers for all the variables used in univariate and multivariate models.
Nevertheless, your results do not allow the reader to understand how many outcomes occuurred in each
line of the model, this requires a lot of trust from the reader! Table 1 should report the number of pelvic
examinations and the number of Pap for each row.
the answer about use of p-value threshold is not satisfactory. The text and the tables still give emphasis
on thresholds that do not come from formal statistical tests of hypothesis. Since you report the exact p-
value, please trop the *, **, *** thresholds in the tables footnotes that are not useful and misleading. 
I am sorry if the authors felt offended by my comment on one sentence in the discussion. Probably you
are right, reading again the sentence it is framed as an hypothesis and I would not say again it is
apodictic. Nevertheless these hypotheses sound like not-falsifiable and somewhat obvious... The new
sentence that has been added is clever and focus on a possible reverse causality that is not trivial, good
point.
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.
Yes
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 statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an additional
statistical review?
If  an  additional  statistical  review  is  recommended,  please  specify  what  aspects  require  further
assessment in your comments to the editors.
I am able to assess the statistics
Quality of written English
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:
Acceptable
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