Banned by the law, practiced by the society: The study of factors associated with dowry payments among adolescent girls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India

Shobhit Srivastava; Shekhar Chauhan; Ratna Patel; Strong P. Marbaniang; Pradeep Kumar; Ronak Paul; Preeti Dhillon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0258656

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Banned by the law, practiced by the society: The study of factors associated with dowry payments among adolescent girls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India

Shobhit Srivastava,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Demography & Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7138-4916

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Shekhar Chauhan,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Population Policies and Programmes, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
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Ratna Patel,

Roles Writing – original draft

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

Roles Writing – original draft

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5347-1867

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Pradeep Kumar ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation

* E-mail: pradeepiips@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Demography & Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-820X

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Ronak Paul,

Roles Formal analysis

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6752-2549

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Preeti Dhillon

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Demography & Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9757-6492

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Banned by the law, practiced by the society: The study of factors associated with dowry payments among adolescent girls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India

Shobhit Srivastava,
Shekhar Chauhan,
Ratna Patel,
Strong P. Marbaniang,
Pradeep Kumar,
Ronak Paul,
Preeti Dhillon

Published: October 15, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258656

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