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Received: 4 April 2024

Accepted: 5 December 2024

First Online: 24 December 2024

Declarations

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: We wish to clarify that our study did not involve conducting any new surveys or experiments on human participants. Instead, we relied on secondary data obtained from the publicly available Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted by the Government of India at regular intervals. These data are openly accessible on the government's website and are utilized by researchers as secondary sources for analysis. Our study did not directly involve interactions with human participants, and therefore, the issue of obtaining informed consent does not apply to our research. We neither collected nor accessed any personally identifiable information during our analysis. Consequently, we are unable to provide a consent statement as requested, as the concept of obtaining consent from individuals for their participation in our study is not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.