About the Authors

Sharadha Hamal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

dipshayu@gmail.com

Affiliation Gandaki Medical College, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Pokhara

Yogendra B. Gurung

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bidhya Shrestha

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Department of Population Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Prabin Shrestha

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Nanda Lal Sapkota

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Statistics Office, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal

Vijaya Laxmi Shrestha

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Academy for Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.