Nyirenda, Herbert Tato
Gebremeskel, Yordanos
Mulenga, James
Sinyangwe, Teza
Article History
Received: 3 December 2024
Accepted: 7 April 2025
First Online: 8 August 2025
Declarations
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: This study used secondary data from the ZDHS. IRB-approved for DHS public-use datasets hence no ethical approval was required (Appendice-1). However, considering that the Zambia Demographic and Health Survey [ZDHS] datasets were managed by micro-international under the measure DHS program, permission to access data from DHS on-line archive was sought. The study analysis ensured that identifiers of any kind were excluded. Therefore, consent to participate is not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.