Tripathi, Vrijesh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4212-2658
Talukdar, Debjyoti http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0698-1957
Tripathi, Mallika
Teelucksingh, Surujpal
Article History
Received: 8 December 2022
Revised: 26 September 2023
Accepted: 1 November 2023
First Online: 15 November 2023
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The NFHS-4 (2015–16) survey strictly adhered to internationally recognized ethical guidelines for medical research [CitationRef removed]. This study is based on publicly available DHS data, which contains no identifiable information about survey participants, thereby rendering it exempt from the requirement of ethical review.