Belay, Daniel Gashaneh
Getnet, Mihret
Akalu, Yonas
Diress, Mengistie
Gela, Yibeltal Yismaw
Getahun, Amare Belete
Bitew, Desalegn Anmut
Terefe, Bewuketu
Belsti, Yitayeh
Article History
Received: 7 November 2021
Accepted: 24 February 2022
First Online: 9 March 2022
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out following relevant guidelines and regulations of Institutional Review Boards (IRB) of the University of Gondar (UOG) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Boards (IRB) of the University of Gondar (UOG) College Of Medicine And Health Sciences (Ref No/IPH/1445/2013). Informed consent was waived from the International Review Board of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program data archivists after the consent paper was submitted to DHS Program/ICF International Inc, a letter of permission to download the dataset for this study. The dataset was not shared or passed on to other bodies and has maintained its confidentiality. The study is not an experimental study.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.There are no financial, non-financial, and commercial organizations competing of interests