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Barik, Soumen https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9639-0463
Nagdeve, Dewaram A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6943-4323
Singh, Mayank https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5350-6895
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Received: 10 April 2026
Accepted: 16 June 2026
First Online: 2 July 2026
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: This study used publicly available, de-identified secondary data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5, 2019–21). All NFHS-5 survey protocols were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Ethical approval for the NFHS-5 was obtained by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) from its Institutional Ethics Committee and by ICF from the ICF Institutional Review Board. Informed consent was obtained from all participants by the survey agencies at the time of original data collection. As this study involved analysis of anonymized secondary data, no additional ethical approval or participant consent was required.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
