Dolui, Mriganka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7568-0299
Sarkar, Sanjit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5906-3098
Article History
Received: 2 April 2024
Accepted: 4 November 2024
First Online: 8 November 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study is based on secondary data from the 2019-21 National Family and Health Survey round five (NFHS-5), which is the Indian version of the demographic health survey (DHS). The dataset has no personal identification or information of the survey participants. Therefore, no ethical approval was required for conducting this study. The data can be accessed by requesting it on the official website of DHS, .