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Received: 26 July 2022

Accepted: 25 April 2023

First Online: 22 May 2023

Declarations

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: The data is freely available in the public domain and survey agencies that conducted the field survey for the data collection have collected prior informed consent from the respondent before data collection. No information could lead the identification of the respondents. Ethical approvals were obtained from the following collaborating organizations: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Delhi; IRB, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai; IRB, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston; IRB, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles; IRB, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune; and IRB, Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.The study procedures were carried out in accordance with the human protection protocols by the declaration of Helsinki.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that there is no competing interest.