Kundu, Ramendra Nath
Gautam, Rajesh K.
Chatterjee, Arna
Bharati, Premananda
Liczbińska, Grażyna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0922-4612
Malina, Robert M.
Article History
Received: 5 July 2023
Revised: 27 February 2024
Accepted: 28 February 2024
First Online: 11 March 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) provided data for this study, which are available in the public domain. The DHS survey methodology and participant confidentiality were evaluated and approved by the ICF Institutional Review Board (IRB). Regarding the confidentiality of participants and the protection of human subjects, the ICF IRB abides by the standards set forth by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The DHS also obtained consent from the guardian of each participant. The use of the DHS data did not require additional ethical approval because it was already ethically approved.