Anik, Asibul Islam
Chowdhury, Mohammad Rocky Khan
Khan, Hafiz T. A.
Mondal, Md Nazrul Islam
Perera, Nirmala K. P.
Kader, Manzur
Funding for this research was provided by:
Karolinska Institute
Article History
Received: 7 April 2021
Accepted: 15 October 2021
First Online: 23 November 2021
Declarations
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: No ethical approval was needed for this study since it was based on secondary analysis of the data obtained from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHSs) between 2007 and 2018. The BDHSs were reviewed and approved by the ICF Macro Institutional Review Board (USA), which complies with all the requirements of 45 CFR 46 “Protection of Human Subjects”. The Bangladesh DHS was also reviewed and approved by the National Research Ethics Committee of the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (Dhaka, Bangladesh). The survey ensured international ethical standards of confidentiality, anonymity, and informed consent. However, a request to access datasets from the measure DHS website is made and the websites have allowed the same before analyses are made.All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.