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Authors
M, Benson Thomas
Pandey, Anuj Kumar
Gautam, Diksha
Kaur, Gurkirat
Sah, Rajeeb Kumar
Neogi, Sutapa Bandyopadhyay
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
SRM Institute of Science & Technology
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Article History
Received: 16 January 2025
Accepted: 19 November 2025
First Online: 10 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All data used for the analysis are available in the public domain and were accessed after registration declaring the purpose of the study. The used data are anonymized and publicly accessible. We adhered to the terms of use specified by the DHS Program Study. The ethical approval for the NFHS surveys is obtained from the ethics review board of the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India. These surveys are reviewed and approved by the ICF International Review Board. Informed written consent for participation in this survey is obtained from the respondents during the survey. Each individual’s approval is sought before the patient interview, as per the consistent methodology followed in these national surveys. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
