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Article History

Received: 5 August 2019

Accepted: 18 May 2020

First Online: 27 May 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Each of the surveys was conducted after ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional Review Board (IRB) of ICF Macro, and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, the Ethiopia Health and Nutrition Research Institute Review Board, and the National Research Ethics Review Committee at the Ministry of Science and Technology in Ethiopia. All interviewed participants provided informed consent to participate in the EDHS. Data were collected after taking written informed consent from mothers of the index children. Before each interview, an informed consent statement is read to the respondent, who may accept or decline to participate. Most importantly, the informed consent statement emphasizes that participation is voluntary; that the respondent may refuse to answer any question, or terminate participation at any time; and that the respondent’s identity and information will be kept strictly confidential. The datasets used in this study were obtained via online registration to the DHS program and downloaded after the purpose of the study and method of analysis were communicated and approved.

: Not Applicable.

: The author declares that he has no competing interests.