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Article History

Received: 2 April 2024

Accepted: 10 April 2025

First Online: 23 April 2025

Declarations

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: This study is a secondary analysis of DHS data; thus, it does not require ethical approval. The data used in this study aggregated secondary data that is publicly available and does not contain any personal identifying information that can be related to study participants. The data was kept confidential in an anonymous manner. For conducting our study, we registered and requested the datasets from DHS through formal letter, which were publicly available, and received approval to access and download the data files. According to the DHS report, all participant data were anonymized during the collection of the survey data. More details regarding DHS data and ethical standards are available online at .

: No patient was involved in developing the research question, outcome measure, or design of the study. The public was also not involved in the design, conduct, or choice of our outcome measures and recruitments for the study. The public and patients were not involved in the dissemination of the research.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.