Tawiah, Kassim https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0195-225X
Ansah, Richard Kwame https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6551-4817
Asosega, Killian Asampana
Edusei, Kwame Owusu
Bukari, Francis Kwame
Dwamena, Harriet Achiaa
Article History
Received: 13 March 2025
Accepted: 5 September 2025
First Online: 7 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study is based on publicly available, de-identified secondary data obtained from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program. Ethical approval for the original data collection was obtained by the institutions responsible for the surveys. As this study involved analysis of secondary data without any identifiable human subjects, no further ethical approval was required. The study used secondary data, and no direct involvement of human participants occurred during the analysis.
: Not applicable, as the study used publicly available secondary data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys.
: The authors declare no Conflict of interest.