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Authors
Alphonso, Rachael https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8871-3503
Arumugam, Thirumani Devi
Cheela, Venkata Ravi Sankar
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Junior Research Fellowship by University Grants Commission in India (JRF no. 1068, NET-July 2016)
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Article History
Received: 9 September 2025
Accepted: 20 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The questionnaire and methodology for this study were approved by the Institutional Human Ethics Committee of Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, India. The approval number is AUW/IHEC/FSN-21-22/XPD-40. The researchers obtained informed consent from all participants included in the study for their participation in this study.
: The researchers obtained informed consent from all participants included in the study for their consent to publish the data collected from the interviews. No identifying data has been included in this paper.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
