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Article History

Received: 12 June 2025

Accepted: 14 August 2025

First Online: 25 September 2025

Declarations

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: The authors of this study received an ethical approval letter from the College of Social Science and Humanities at Arba Minch University (with identification: CSSH/1514/15, approval protocol no. CSSHRO/012, approving ethics committee Adefris Teferi Abebe, on March 30, 2023. The study obtained informed consent from every individual participant involved. Furthermore, verbal agreement was acquired from participants voluntarily and openly before the data collection procedures of this study. The authors explained to the participants that the collected data were merely utilized for academic reasons and that no fees were offered to the research subjects (participants). The authors also explained verbally to the study participants how participant anonymity was safeguarded, how data collection was done, the ability to request questions, the freedom to revoke consent at any time, the lack of penalty for doing so, and the research benefits.

: Consent to publish declaration: not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.