Ahamad, Vasim https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4789-0904
Bhagat, Ram B.
Article History
Received: 30 August 2024
Accepted: 30 August 2025
First Online: 15 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors affirm that they have no financial conflicts of interest or close personal ties that might have looked to have affected the current study.
: The present study uses a secondary data set- LASI wave-I (2017-18). The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) extended the necessary guidance and ethical approval for conducting the LASI survey. Therefore, information from respondents was not collected as part of the study, so consent to participate was not required.
: Not applicable.