Kebede Kassaw, Abdul-Aziz
Melese Yilma, Tesfahun
Sebastian, Yakub
Yeneneh Birhanu, Abraham
Sharew Melaku, Mequannent
Surur Jemal, Sebwedin
Article History
Received: 28 May 2022
Accepted: 5 January 2023
First Online: 23 January 2023
Declarations
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: Since secondary data was used for this study. The data was acquired through informed consent by ICF (Authorization letter from DHS (ICF). Ethical clearance for the survey (EDHS 2016) was provided by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), and the Institutional Review Board of ICF. Respondents during survey were trained about the survey and consent was taken for their participation (that means the ICF organization collect the data after written informed consent obtained from human participants). Voluntary participation was guaranteed during interviews. The EDHS data was obtained from DHS website <u>(</u>ExternalRef removed<u>)</u> after full authorization and approval from the DHS committee. We were respect all the ethics and rules seated on DHS authorization and also, we weren’t tried to identify the responsible person or household using GPS data. The study was further reviewed by the University of Gondar ethical committee. Finally, the study protocol is performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.