Ahinkorah, Bright O. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7415-895X
Article History
Received: 17 July 2019
Accepted: 26 September 2019
First Online: 28 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The author declares no conflict of interest for this research.The author was not directly involved in data collection. However, MEASURE DHS reports that ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of ICF International. The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) also anonymised all data before making them accessible to the public. Permission to use the dataset was sought from MEASURE DHS. The adolescent girls gave oral and written consent. The dataset is available to the public at ExternalRef removed.
: This manuscript is an original work and has been prepared by the author, BOA, who is aware of its content and approves its submission. The manuscript has not been published elsewhere in part or in entirety and is not under consideration by another journal. The author gives his consent for publication ins the Journal of Public Health.