Bintabara, Deogratius http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7877-870X
Lilungulu, Athanase
Jumanne, Shakilu
Nassoro, Mzee M.
Mpondo, Bonaventura C.
Article History
Received: 5 March 2020
Accepted: 26 June 2021
First Online: 3 July 2021
Declarations
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: This study was based on analysis of existing public domain survey data sets that are freely available online with all identifier information detached. The original survey was approved by the Ethics Committee of the ICF Macro at Calverton in the USA and by the National Institute of Medical Research Ethics Committee in Tanzania. Therefore, the ethical approval for the current analysis was automatically deemed unnecessary; however, permission to access the Tanzania SPA dataset was requested and granted by ICF Institutional Review Board through DHS program.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no commercial or other associations that might pose a conflict of interest.