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Article History

Received: 7 February 2024

Accepted: 11 September 2024

First Online: 27 September 2024

Declarations

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: We did not need to seek ethical clearance because the DHS dataset we used is publicly available. We obtained the datasets from the DHS Program after completing the necessary registration and getting approval for their use. We followed all the ethical guidelines that pertain to using secondary datasets in research publications. You can find detailed information about how we used the DHS data and the ethical standards we followed at this link: .

: None declared.

: The authors declare no competing interests.