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Article History

Received: 27 January 2023

Accepted: 3 July 2023

First Online: 15 July 2023

Declarations

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: As Ipsos panels are active members of research institutions that comply with industry standards and regulations (i.e., South African Market Research Association; the European Society for Opinion and Market Research, Protection of Personal Information Act in South Africa; Market Research Society and General Data Protection Regulation) in conjunction with the fact that Ipsos is a market house and panel surveys are opt-in surveys (i.e., respondents choose to participate voluntarily by understanding the data privacy policy and confidentiality procedures), Ipsos and its entities do not have to obtain ethical approval. However, as with any study that involves the participation of human respondents, ethics approval needs to be obtained. This current study was conducted in line with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, ethics approval was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee (non-medical) of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (H21/06/36). All participants were fully informed about the objectives of the survey and informed consent was obtained from each respondent.Figures used in this current study are entirely unidentifiable and there are no details on individuals reported within the manuscript, consent for publication is therefore not applicable.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.