Terefe, Bewuketu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0063-0999
Jembere, Mahlet Moges
Chekole, Bogale
Assimamaw, Nega Tezera
Gebeyehu, Daniel Ayelegne
Article History
Received: 5 December 2023
Accepted: 22 February 2024
First Online: 1 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study was conducted after obtaining a permission letter from on an online request to access east African DHS data after reviewing the submitted brief descriptions of the survey to the DHS program, and no need of ethical letter approval. The datasets were treated with the utmost confidence. This study was done based on secondary data from east Africa DHS. Issues related to informed consent, confidentiality, anonymity, and privacy of the study participants are already done ethically by the DHS office. We did not manipulate and apply the microdata other than in this study. There was no patient or public involvement in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.