Article History
Received: 10 October 2019
Accepted: 1 April 2020
First Online: 25 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was based on the analysis of existing survey data. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of ICF Macro at Fairfax, Virginia in the USA reviewed and approved the MEASURE Demographic and Health Surveys Project Phase III. The 2010–2018 DHS’s are categorized under that approval. The IRB of ICF Macro complied with the United States Department of Health and Human Services requirements for the “Protection of Human Subjects” (45 CFR 46). Written informed consent was obtained from every study participant before participation and all information was collected without identifiers and kept confidentially. The full details of the ethical approvals can be found at ExternalRef removed. A copy of the IRB approval is available as a supplementary file.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.