Dlamini, Welcome J.
Melesse, Sileshi F.
Mwambi, Henry G.
Article History
Received: 20 April 2025
Accepted: 6 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
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: Permission to use the anonymised secondary survey datasets was obtained from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program. Ethical approval was granted by the relevant national ethics committees for each survey. No additional ethical approval was required for this study as it involved secondary analysis of de-identified data.
: Not applicable. The study used anonymised secondary data with no direct participant involvement.
: The authors declare no competing interests.