Saha, Suparna
Pandit, Debapratim
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India (F. NO. 4-22/2014-TS.I, Dt. 23-01-2014)
Article History
Accepted: 17 July 2023
First Online: 5 August 2023
Declarations
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: The manuscript has not been submitted to any other journal. The submitted is original and have not been published elsewhere in any form or language. Results are presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (‘plagiarism’). Proper acknowledgements to other works has been given.
: Since the survey conducted in this research is a part of a research project being conducted at IIT Kharagpur, India, the concerned authorities were informed prior to the survey.
: For the surveys conducted in housing complexes, a letter explaining the purpose and type of the survey was first submitted to a member/ chairman/ head of the housing/ society and the surveys could be conducted only after they permitted us to conduct the survey. Before starting the survey in all the study areas, all the participants were explained about the purpose of the survey, the questions to be asked, the approximate time duration of the survey and shown the questionnaire format and then the participants were included in the survey only if they gave their verbal consent to the survey. They were also explained that they could leave the survey if they felt uncomfortable or disinterested at any point of time, and could choose to not answer any question if they felt uncomfortable or unwilling. Besides, the personal details (names, address, etc.) of the participants were not documented. In the end of each survey, the responses were summarized and read out to the participants.