Terefe, Bewuketu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0063-0999
Shitu, Kegnie
Article History
Received: 28 March 2022
Accepted: 24 March 2023
First Online: 1 April 2023
Declarations
: We hereby declare that this EBF study represents our work which has been done after registration and reception for the accessing of data at ExternalRef removed and confirms that all methods were carried out following relevant guidelines and regulations. We have read the journal’s current research ethics guidelines, and accept responsibility for the conduct of the procedures under the journals. We have attempted to identify all the risks related to this research that may arise in conducting this research, obtained the relevant ethical and/or safety approval (where applicable), and acknowledged my obligations and the rights of the participants by the demography and health survey program authorities. The research is conducted by the declaration of Helsinki.
: To access the data for this study, ethical approval and a permission letter were requested online at ExternalRef removed, and the DHS program was granted permission through email online request with Ref. No 166943 on March 08, 2022. This study used publicly available data that did not contain any personal information. The study is based on secondary data from the GDHS. The GDHS authorities handled concerns of informed consent, confidentiality, anonymity, and privacy of the study sample ethically, and we did not change or use the data for other purposes. In this study, neither patients nor the general public was included. The data used in this study was freely available and did not contain any personal information. The research is done based on secondary data from GDHS. We did not manipulate and use the data for other issues. There was no patient or public involvement in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.