Yadav, Kanchan https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0138-9285
Bhutia, Dechenla Tshering https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-0604
Article History
Received: 13 February 2025
Accepted: 28 August 2025
First Online: 3 October 2025
Change Date: 11 December 2025
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The original online version of this Article was revised: In the original version of this Article, an outdated version of the Supplementary Information file was typeset. The correct file now accompanies the original Article.
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study’s foundation is a publicly accessible data source, and survey agencies that carried out the fieldwork to gather data, also obtained the respondents’ prior consent. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) decided that formal ethical approval was not necessary to conduct research using this data source, but it did extend the necessary guidelines and ethical approval for conducting the LASI.