Roy, Tamal Basu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3256-8904
Das, Tanu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-1400
Das, Partha http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9474-7225
Das, Priya http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5552-8986
Article History
Received: 22 January 2023
Accepted: 9 June 2023
First Online: 16 June 2023
Declarations
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: The ethical approval of the NFHS-5 (2019–2021) was obtained from the ethics review board of the International Institute for Population Science (IIPS), Mumbai. The survey was also reviewed and approved by the ICF and International Review Board (IRB). The study also confirmed that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. For participation in this survey, informed written and verbal consent was obtained from the participants at the time of the survey. Each participant’s approval was sought, and after that, the interview was conducted. The study involved secondary analysis of publicly available data. Thus independent ethical approval was not needed. However, the corresponding author received permission from ExternalRef removed to use the data for analysis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.