Article History
Received: 8 March 2024
Revised: 17 July 2024
Accepted: 23 July 2024
First Online: 31 July 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study is a secondary data analysis utilizing NFHS-5 survey data that is accessible in the public domain. The Demographic Health Survey (DHS), after assessing the submitted proposal, approved access to the dataset. Adult participants in the NFHS-5 survey provided their voluntary written and informed consent while minor participants provided informed assent with parental consent. The survey complies with the Declaration of Helsinki and received ethical approval from the International Institute of Population Sciences’ ethical review board (IIPS).