Birhan, Tilahun Yemanu
Alene, Muluneh
Seretew, Wullo Sisay
Taddese, Asefa Adimasu
Article History
Received: 25 March 2021
Accepted: 21 March 2022
First Online: 28 May 2022
Declarations
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: Data access permission was obtained from the demographic and health survey measure by an online request from ExternalRef removed. This study is a secondary data analysis of the EDHS, which is publicly available, approval was sought from MEASURE DHS/ICF International and permission was granted for this use. The original DHS data were collected in conformity with international and national ethical guidelines. Ethical clearance was provided by the Public Health Institute (PHI) (formerly the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI) Review Board, the National Research Ethics Review Committee (NRERC) at the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Institutional Review Board of ICF International, and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Written consent was obtained from mothers/caregivers and data were recorded anonymously at the time of data collection during the DHS.
: Not applicable since the study was a secondary data analysis.
: Authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.