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None. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006906
Conflict of interest Amegbor, P.M., Borges, S.S., Pysklywec, A., & Sabel, C.E. (2022).
Effect of individual, household and regional socioeconomic
The authors declare that they have no competing interest. factors and PM on anaemia: A cross-sectional study of
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Author contributions Epidemiology, 40: 100472.
Conceptualization: Negussie Shiferaw Tessema https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2021.100472
Formal analysis: Negussie Shiferaw Tessema Anteneh, Z.A., & Van Geertruyden, J.P. (2021). Spatial variations
Investigation: Negussie Shiferaw Tessema and determinants of anemia among under-five children in
Methodology: Negussie Shiferaw Tessema Ethiopia, EDHS 2005-2016. PLoS One, 16: 0249412.
Writing – original draft: Negussie Shiferaw Tesema https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249412
Writing – review & editing: Nigatu Regessa Geda
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Ethics approval and consent to participate determine predictor importance in logistic regression.
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics,
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was obtained from the Ethical Committee of the ICF. The
enumerators obtained informed consent and authorization Balaj, M., York, H.W., Sripada, K., Besnier, E., Vonen, H.D.,
to anonymously use the data from all survey participants. Aravkin, A., Friedman, J., Griswold, M., Jensen, M.R.,
In our study, we obtained permission to use the data Mohammad, T., Mullany, E.C., Solhaug, S., Sorensen, R.,
from the DHS program. No further ethical approval was Stonkute, D., Tallaksen, A., Whisnant, J., Zheng, P.,
Gakidou, E., & Eikemo, T.A. (2021). Parental education and
required, as our study solely involved secondary data inequalities in child mortality: A global systematic review
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any identifiable information that links to the actual survey
participants. Authors also confirm that all methods were https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00534-1
carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and Bareke, M.L., Agezew, B.H., Dedho, N.H., Herut, A.H.,
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