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Polygyny and spousal violence in India

Author Contributions
Conceptualization: Harihar Sahoo, Rangasamy Nagarajan
Data curation: Harihar Sahoo
Writing – original draft: Harihar Sahoo
Writing – review & editing: Rangasamy Nagarajan
Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate

Not applicable as this study involves the analysis of secondary data collected by the DHS program (NFHS-5) in India.
Consent for Publication

Not applicable.

Availability of Data
The use is secondary that is freely available to everyone on request at DHS website https://dhsprogram.com/ Countries/
Country-Main.cfm?ctry_id=57&c=India
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