Shirisha, P.
Muraleedharan, V. R.
Vaidyanathan, Girija
Article History
Received: 3 May 2022
Accepted: 11 August 2022
First Online: 22 August 2022
Declarations
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: The study methods and protocols, including the content of all survey questionnaires of NFHS were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, which were approved by International Institute of Population Studies (IIPS) Institutional Review Board and ICF Institutional Review Board Mumbai (ICF Project Number: 631561.0.000.00.071.01.3). and also approved from Centre for Disease Control (CDC), U.S.A. Consent was taken from the study participants and data is publicly available with no identifiable information about the survey participants, and, hence, no ethical approval was required for the present study.
: Not Applicable.
: Authors hereby declare that there are no conflicts of interest.