Saravanakumar, Priya
Balachandran, Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6856-7140
Muhammad, T. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1486-7038
Drishti, Drishti
Srivastava, Shobhit http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7138-4916
Article History
Received: 20 May 2022
Accepted: 25 October 2022
First Online: 18 November 2022
Declarations
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: The survey agencies that conducted the field survey for the data collection have collected prior informed consent (written and verbal) from the respondent. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) extended the necessary guidance and ethical approval for conducting the LASI survey. All the steps/ methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: The administrative permission to access and use the data for the present study was taken from the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, which conducted the LASI survey.
: The authors declare that there is no competing interest