Das, Tanu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-1400
Das, Partha https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9474-7225
Roy, Tamal Basu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3256-8904
Article History
Accepted: 22 July 2024
First Online: 8 August 2024
Declarations
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: The ethical approval of the NFHS-5 (2019–2021) was obtained from the ethics review board of the International Institute for Population Science (IIPS), Mumbai. The survey was also reviewed and approved by the ICF and International Review Board (IRB). The study also confirmed that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. For participation in this survey, informed written and verbal consent was obtained from the participants at the time of the survey. Each participant’s approval was sought, and after that, the interview was conducted. The study involved secondary analysis of publicly available data. Thus independent ethical approval was not needed. However, the corresponding author received permission from to use the data for analysis.
: Not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.