Alam, Md. Zakiul http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-0147
Islam, Md. Syful
Article History
Received: 27 October 2020
Accepted: 12 July 2022
First Online: 25 July 2022
Declarations
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: The 2017–18 BDHS was conducted by the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Mitra and Associates of Bangladesh implemented the survey. ICF International of Calverton, Maryland, USA, provided technical assistance to the project as part of its international Demographic and Health Surveys Program. No data was collected without prior permission. An interview was conducted only if the respondent provided their verbal consent in response to being read out an informed consent statement by the interviewer. The NIPORT took ethical approval for the survey from the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC). BDHS data set is anonymized and freely available at ExternalRef removed, and the instructions were strictly followed for using the data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.