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Article History

Received: 6 November 2021

Accepted: 18 April 2022

First Online: 4 May 2022

Declarations

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: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. The present study was exempt from searching the ethical approval because the RDHS 2014/15 obtained the ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Rwanda National Ethics Committee (RNEC). Data used were electronically accessed. To get full access, the first registration was completed on the DHS website. In the prior approval, the women of reproductive age who were age 18–49 years provided oral and written informed consent forms to take part in the survey. In the cases on the minor participants (those women aged 15–17 years), illiterate and dead participants; the assent form was obtained from them while written informed consent were simultaneously provided by their guardians or parents who were adults.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.