Ghoshal, Rakhi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9854-4425
Patil, Priti http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-6505
Sinha, Isha http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6700-6923
Gadgil, Anita http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9276-6649
Nathani, Priyansh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-9278
Jain, Nethra http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6683-2236
Ramasubramani, Premkumar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4481-1652
Roy, Nobhojit http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2022-7416
Funding for this research was provided by:
Karolinska Institute
Article History
Received: 25 July 2023
Accepted: 22 March 2024
First Online: 17 April 2024
Declarations
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: The NFHS obtained ethical approval from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ethics committees and the ICF International Review Board (IRB) for the survey [CitationRef removed]. Additional information on ethical protocols and guidelines followed by the survey can be found at ExternalRef removed. In line with the ethical guidelines followed by DHS, the NFHS obtained informed consent from each participant prior to starting the interview, and the interview was conducted after ensuring privacy. In case privacy cannot be ensured even after three attempts, surveyors were trained to skip the household and move to the next household. The study conformed to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Detailed information on the ethical protocol adopted by the study is available online for public access at ExternalRef removed.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.