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Article History

Received: 1 June 2024

Accepted: 23 July 2024

First Online: 29 July 2024

Declarations

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: We obtained approval from the measure DHS program to access and utilize their data for our study. The DHS program is a well-known source of publically available demographic and health data, which can be accessed after registration and obtaining permission through their website (URL: ). The data provided by the DHS was anonymized, ensuring the confidentiality of the respondents. The data was exclusively shared with the co-researchers registered in this account. The DHS Program confirmed that their data was collected after obtaining verbal consent from each respondent. Written consent was not used due to the majority of respondents being illiterate, and the study being a population-based survey, which made it infeasible to obtain written consent. Furthermore, the DHS Program stated that the use of verbal consent for their data collection was waived by each country’s Health and Nutrition Research Institute Review Board and the National Research Ethics Review Committee. The study was done in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.