Endeshew, Degsew Sileshi
Workie, Demeke Lakew
Mitku, Aweke Abebaw
Article History
Received: 9 August 2025
Accepted: 12 January 2026
First Online: 24 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study is a secondary analysis of the publicly available 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) dataset. The original EDHS data collection was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and conformed to international and national ethical guidelines. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of ICF International. Since the analysis involves anonymized, pre-existing public data, no direct participant involvement occurred for this study, and the requirement for informed consent was waived.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.