Updates are available Correction dated 2024-05-15

Article History

Received: 11 February 2021

Accepted: 9 March 2021

First Online: 17 March 2021

Change Date: 15 May 2024

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:

Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18697-2

Declarations

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: Ethics approval for this study was not required since the data is secondary and is available in the public domain. More details regarding DHS data and ethical standards are available at: .

: Demographic and Health Survey is a de-identified open-source dataset. Therefore, the requirement of consent for publication is not applicable.

: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.