Majumdar, Paramita
Chattopadhyay, Aparajita
Ghosh, Satarupa
Article History
Received: 20 November 2024
Accepted: 27 August 2025
First Online: 17 October 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was not required for the study since it is based on secondary dataset publicly available at DHS Program website. For the survey, ethical clearance was obtained by International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), the nodal agency for NFHS.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.