Lamichhane, Krishna Ram https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6228-4835
Sharma, Barsha
Article History
Received: 12 May 2026
Accepted: 18 August 2026
First Online: 21 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The ethical approval for NDHS was obtained from institutional review board of ICF/DHs program of Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC). Our study used publicly available secondary data from NDHS and hence did not require additional ethical approval.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.