Ogbodo, Stephen Chukwuma http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2007-4157
Article History
Received: 10 March 2023
Accepted: 13 June 2023
First Online: 27 June 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance for the current Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of ORC Macro International Inc., as well as Ethics Boards of the South African National Department of Health (NDoH) and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). The DHS follows the standards for ensuring the protection of respondents’ privacy. Inner City Fund International ensures that the survey complies with the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ regulations for the respect of human subjects. Since this was a secondary analysis, no further ethical approval was required. Further information about the DHS data usage and ethical standards is available at ExternalRef removed (accessed on 17 February 2023).
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants of this DHS survey. For participants aged below 18 years, parental informed written consent was obtained.
: Not Applicable.
: The author has no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.