The prevalence, spatial distribution and geographic weighted regression of open defecation practice in sub-Saharan Africa using demographic and health survey (DHS) data

• Lidetu Demoze ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lidetudemoze12@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8906-0689

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• Natnael Gizachew,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Science and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia

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• Eshetu Abera Worede,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Adem Tsegaw Zegeye,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Yayeh Walle Molalign,

  Roles Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Mitkie Tigabie,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5532-6097

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• Abiy Ayele Angelo,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Eyob Akalewold Alemu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Gelila Yitageasu

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7398-4956

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