Okyere, Joshua https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-7522
Salu, Samuel
Ayebeng, Castro
Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6025-4824
Dickson, Kwamena Sekyi
Article History
Received: 8 August 2024
Accepted: 17 April 2025
First Online: 28 April 2025
Declarations
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: We did not need to seek ethical clearance because the DHS dataset we 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. You can find detailed information about how we used the DHS data and the ethical standards we followed at this link: .
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.