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Article History

Received: 7 September 2023

Accepted: 1 November 2023

First Online: 14 November 2023

Declarations

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: The study was conducted after obtaining a permission letter from ExternalRef removed on an online request to access East African DHS data after reviewing the submitted brief descriptions of the survey to the DHS program. 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.