Kesharvani, Prashant
Sarathy, Kalpana
Article History
Received: 17 February 2019
Accepted: 7 October 2020
First Online: 23 November 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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: Prior to data collection, sufficient rapport building was done by the field investigators. Respondents gave their verbal informed consent, which were recorded in questionnaire. During the data processing, all the identifiers were removed to ensure anonymity and confidentiality. Respondents also had a choice to quit the interview at any stage of the survey.
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