Of Revised Manuscript Entitled : Domestic Waste Disposal Practice and Persception

Method: The authors have mentioned that they have used both quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques. This does not make sense! I cant really figure out the quantitative data that was collected. It is important for the authors to mention exact method that was used for collecting data e.g. interviews, questionnaire or interviews and questionnaire. Response: The methods used have been clearly stated as cross sectional survey using questionnaire and in-depth interview in the method section of the abstract. The authors stated that 364 respondents were interviewed in the quantitative survey. I am surprise to read this because the authors mentioned on “Study design” section that structured questionnaire was used for quantitative survey. It is important for the authors to clarify the data collection method they have used and include how the sample was selected, e.g. random, systematic or stratified. On the other hand on “Study population” section the authors reported that 400 questionnaires was administered but they again reported on the “Abstract” section that 364 respondents were interviewed. Response: This has been dealt with in the study design section Second to the last sentence under “Results” change most the respondents to most of the respondents. Response: The suggested change has been made. The last sentence under “Results”, i.e. There was a general conclusion that children should be responsible for waste management. I am surprise to read this conclusion! The results on Table 4 is about involving children in cleaning not waste management as a whole. Waste management involves a lot of tasks such as collection, transportation, disposal and treatment of waste. Response: We have rewritten the sentence to reflect what exactly children were asked to do with regards to waste disposal. Conclusion: Change prevent the public from diseases to reducing exposure of public to diseases. Response: A suggested change has been made.