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Leseba, Nthatisi
Vermaak, Kerry
Makatjane, Tiisetso
Lebuso, Mapitso
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Article History
Received: 8 July 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2025
First Online: 24 May 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted under the ethical principles stated in the Helsinki Declaration. The authors communicated with the UNICEF MICS team in 3 UN Plaza, New York, USA, and were granted permission to download and use the LMICS dataset. Further, the author received ethical approval from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, to use the MICS datasets. The approval was obtained from the Human and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC/00002395/2021).
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
