About the Authors

Abhishek Singh

abhi_iips@yahoo.co.in

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Mortality Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

Sabu S. Padmadas

Affiliation Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty and Policy and Division of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Udaya S. Mishra

Affiliation Center for Development Studies, Thiruvanathpuram, India

Saseendran Pallikadavath

Affiliation Global Health and Social Care Unit, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Fiifi A. Johnson

Affiliation Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty and Policy and Division of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Zoe Matthews

Affiliation Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty and Policy and Division of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS SSP. Analyzed the data: AS ZM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS. Wrote the paper: AS SSP USM SP FAJ ZM.