About the Authors

Sudhanshu Handa

shanda@email.unc.edu

Affiliation Carolina Population Center and Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Carolyn Tucker Halpern

Affiliation Carolina Population Center and Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Audrey Pettifor

Affiliation Carolina Population Center and Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Harsha Thirumurthy

Affiliation Carolina Population Center and Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH CTH AP HT. Performed the experiments: SH CTH AP HT. Analyzed the data: SH CTH AP HT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH CTH AP HT. Wrote the paper: SH CTH AP HT.