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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to express their appreciation to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for
supporting the study and Makerere University’s Centre for Population and Applied Statistics (CPAS) for the enabling
environment provided during analysis and writing stages.
Authors’ Contribution

SM conceived, designed, and implemented the study inclusive of data analysis and presentation, interpretation and
discussion of results. AN provided guidance on study conceptualization, data analysis and interpretation of results. JM
guided on study conceptualization and advised on data analysis. All authors participated in drafting the manuscript, read
and approved the final version.

Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interests.

Ethical Approval
Permission and access to use the dataset were granted by AMADPOC, the institution that coordinated the migration
survey on behalf of IDRC.

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