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Authors
Terefe, Bewuketu
Kebede, Fentahun Bikale
Gatira, Debela Nanesso
Assefa, Solomon Keflie
Shiferaw, Yalelet Fentaw
Assimamaw, Nega Tezera
Andargie, Tsegereda Abebe
Asgedom, Dejen Kahsay
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Article History
Received: 16 January 2025
Accepted: 16 March 2026
First Online: 18 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted after obtaining a permission letter from on an online request to access East Africa countries DHS data after reviewing the brief descriptions of the survey submitted to the DHS program. The datasets were treated with the utmost confidence. This study was done based on secondary data from East Africa DHS. Issues related to informed consent, confidentiality, anonymity, and privacy of the study participants are already handled ethically by the DHS office. We did not manipulate and apply the microdata other than in this study. There was no patient or public involvement in this study. All the methods were performed based on the declaration of Helsinki.
