Mutea, Lilian
Were, Vincent
Ontiri, Susan
Michielsen, Kristien
Gichangi, Peter
Article History
Received: 19 July 2021
Accepted: 20 September 2022
First Online: 10 October 2022
Declarations
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: The authors obtained permission from the DHS Program to access the data sets. DHS program already obtains approval at the point of data collection for each DHS.
: This study was based on secondary analysis of publicly available demographic health survey data hence did not touch on human subjects. Procedures and questionnaires for standard DHS surveys have been reviewed and approved by ICF Institutional Review Board (IRB). For this secondary analysis, the study was guided by a protocol approved by the Kenya Medical Research Institute research ethics review committee number 597.
: This study was based on secondary analysis of publicly available demographic health survey data hence did not touch on human subjects. During DHS data collection, an informed consent statement is read to the respondent, who may accept or decline to participate. The data analysed in this study was collected from women aged 20–24 years, who are able to provide informed consent as per DHS procedures.
: Not applicable.
: The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author and not necessarily the views and opinions of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
: The authors declare no competing interests.