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Article History

Received: 13 January 2025

Accepted: 19 March 2025

First Online: 27 March 2025

Declarations

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: We did not need to seek ethical clearance because the DHS dataset used is publicly available. We obtained the datasets from the DHS Program after completing the necessary registration and getting approval for their use. We followed all the ethical guidelines that pertain to using secondary datasets in research publications. However, the original LDHS was approved by the Lesotho Ministry of Health Research and Ethics Committee and the Institutional Review Board of ICF International. You can find detailed information about how we used the DHS data and the ethical standards we followed at this link: .The participants provided written and oral consent to participate.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.