Mahmud, Mehadi Al
Chowdhury, Shanjida https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-5933
Hamim, Abdulla Al Masrur
Haque, Aminul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9919-5404
Article History
Received: 6 September 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 25 March 2026
Declarations
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: The BDHS 2022 is an open data source and has received ethical clearance from both the ICF Institutional Review Board ethics committee and the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.The Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey has obtained informed consent from each participant.
: All authors read the manuscripts and consent to publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.