Rahman, K. M. Mustafizur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3817-9048
Islam, Rabiul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7887-1274
Khan, Md. Ashraful Islam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3807-086X
Akhter, Sayeed https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9610-2359
Article History
Received: 13 March 2024
Accepted: 13 November 2024
First Online: 19 November 2024
Declarations
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: Written consent (who can read and write) and verbal consent (who are illiterate) were obtained from the participants before data collection.
: Primary datasets were used in this research. Participation of the respondents was voluntary, and the anonymity was attested to secure data confidentiality and authenticity. The respondents also provided their approval for announcing the interpreted results of this study without their identifiable information.
: This study is part of a PhD project titled “Loneliness of Rural Elderly in Bangladesh: Does Social Capital Matter?” conducted by the first author, KMMR. The project is supervised by MAIK and RI and approved by the Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS) at the University of Rajshahi.
: The author(s) affirm that there are no possible conflicts of interest regarding the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.