Haider, Mohammad Rifat http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0690-8242
Gupta, Rajat Das
Article History
Received: 5 October 2021
Accepted: 3 November 2021
First Online: 10 November 2021
Declarations
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: This article received no external funding.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The institutional review board at ICF (IRB: FWA00000845) and the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (IRB: BMRC/NREC/2016–2019/324) approved the study protocol of BDHS 2017–18. Prior to data collection, informed consent was taken from the participants.
: Not applicable.
: All the datasets of BDHS 2017–18 are publicly available and can be accessed from the following link: ExternalRef removed . Following proper instruction by the DHS program, data are available to download.
: MRH had a role in the conception, planning, data acquisition and analysis and writing up of the work, and manuscript development. RDG contributed to literature review, editing, and revision of the final manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.