Is sexual autonomy a protective factor for neonatal, child, and infant mortality? A multi-country analysis

• Peter Memiah ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Memiah, Tristi Bond, Courtney Cook, Kevin Owuor

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: pmemiah@uwf.edu

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Usha Kundu College of Health, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3067-188X

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• Yvonne Opanga ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to the work.

  Affiliation Amref Health Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Tristi Bond ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Memiah, Tristi Bond, Courtney Cook, Kevin Owuor

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Usha Kundu College of Health, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1248-2938

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• Courtney Cook ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Memiah, Tristi Bond, Courtney Cook, Kevin Owuor

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Biology Department, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, United States of America

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• Michelle Mwangi ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to the work.

  Affiliation Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Jenna Fried,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Psychology Department, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, United States of America

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• Marie A. Joseph ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to the work.

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Usha Kundu College of Health, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, United States of America

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• Kevin Owuor ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Memiah, Tristi Bond, Courtney Cook, Kevin Owuor

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Centre for Health Solutions, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Vernon Mochache ,

  Roles Validation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to the work.

  Affiliation Kenya National AIDS Control Council, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Yvonne Wangui Machira

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to the work.

  Affiliation Tafiti Research Group, Nairobi, Kenya

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