Puri, Parul http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6272-837X
Sinha, Abhinav http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7702-3671
Mahapatra, Pranab http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3736-4268
Pati, Sanghamitra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7717-5592
Article History
Received: 4 November 2021
Accepted: 24 March 2022
First Online: 12 April 2022
Declarations
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: The present study utilizes de-identified data from a secondary source. The data has been archived in the public repository of LASI held at IIPS. The access to the data requires registration which is granted specifically for legitimate research purposes. LASI received mandatory ethical approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research and Institutional Review Board (IRB) held at IIPS, Mumbai. At the unit level, individuals were supplied with a catalogue containing the information on the purpose of the survey, confidentiality, and safety of health assessment. Written consent forms were administered at household and individual levels, in accordance with the Human Subject Protection. LASI data is archived in a public repository; therefore, there is no need for additional ethical approval to conduct the present study. All methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.