India Cohort Landscape

A consolidated view of active and historical longitudinal cohorts across India.

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58
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45
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Hodal Demographic Surveillance System
2021 Christian Medical College (CMC... Haryana (Hodal) HDSS Single site
The Hodal Demographic Surveillance System (DSS), established in the Palwal District of Haryana, is a longitudinal cohort...
199,084 National Longitudinal Sarmila Mazumder (SAS)
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Incidence of Scrub Typhus in Rural South India
2020 Christian Medical College (CMC... Tamil Nadu Disease-Specific Cohort Single site
This is a population-based cohort study conducted in a highly endemic region to estimate both the clinical incidence of...
32,279 National Longitudinal/Prospective Wolf-Peter Schmidt (LSHTM...
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Lowairpoa Demographic Surveillance System
2021 Christian Medical College (CMC... Assam (Lowairpoa) HDSS Single site
Lowairpoa Demographic Surveillance System is longitudinal cohorts in India established to evaluate pregnancy risk factor...
150,579 National Longitudinal Sarmila Mazumder (SAS)
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MAS-3 (Maharashtra Anaemia Study 3)
1996 University of Surrey / King Ed... Maharashtra (Pune) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
Maharashtra Anaemia Study 3 (MAS 3), which is a maternal-child cohort study conducted in rural South India. MAS 3 is nes...
710 National Prospective Anand Ahankari (Universit...
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Phenome India-CSIR Health Cohort Knowledgebase (PI-CHeCK)
2023 Council of Scientific and Indu... 17 States & 2 UTs (Andhra Pradesh Assam... Adult and Aging Cohort Multiple sites
The PI-CHeCK study is a first-of-its-kind nationwide longitudinal cohort of over 10,000 participants designed to develop...
10,000 National Longitudinal /Prospective Shantanu Sengupta (CSIR-I...
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Birbhum Health and Demographic Surveillance System
2008 Society for Health and Demogra... West Bengal (Birbhum) HDSS Single site
The study aims to monitor demographic and health transitions over time in a rural, economically underprivileged region o...
51,424 National Longitudinal Anamitra Barik (SHDS)
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Economic Burden of Tuberculosis in India
2019 George Institute for Global He... Assam, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & West Be... Disease-Specific Cohort Multiple sites
This cohort study assessed the economic burden of tuberculosis treatment among 1,482 drug-susceptible and multidrug-resi...
1,482 National Prospective Susmita Chatterjee (Georg...
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GEOHealth HEALS Study
2022 Centre for Chronic Disease Con... Sonipat, New Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Viz... Disease-Specific Cohort Multiple sites
The Study aim to find the effect of environmental exposomes (PM2.5, NO2, O3), and extremes of temperature on multiple he...
40,210 National Prospective/ Retrospective Dorairaj Prabhakaran (CCD...
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Indian Study of Healthy Ageing (ISHA-Barshi)
2015 Centre for Cancer Epidemiology... Maharashtra (Barshi) Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
The study was established with the aim of testing hypotheses relating to lifestyle, diet, obesity and related factors, a...
220,000 National Prospective Rajesh Dikshit (TMC)
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The Rishi Valley Prospective Cohort Study
2012 Monash University Karnataka (Chittoor) Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
The study aims to identify both traditional risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, central obesity) and non-traditional f...
7,935 National Prospective Amanda Thrift (Monash Uni...
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Bangalore Child Health and Development Study (BCHADS)
2014 University of Liverpool / NIMH... Karnataka (Bengaluru) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
BCHADS is the first longitudinal study initiated during pregnancy with a primary focus on maternal and child mental heal...
909 National Prospective Helen Sharp (University o...
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Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) Study
2003 Imperial College London (ICL) Kashmir, Mumbai, Pune & Mysore Disease-Specific Cohort Multiple sites
The BOLD study standardized COPD assessment across 41 global sites, identifying tobacco smoking, poverty, and tuberculos...
5,340 International Longitudinal Andre F S Amaral (ICL)
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Dibrugarh Health & Demographic Surveillance System
2019 ICMR-Regional Medical Research... Assam (Dibrugarh) HDSS Single site
This study is about creating the health and demographic database of a population from a defined geographical area (Dibru...
106,769 National Prospective Prasanta Kumar Borah (ICM...
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NORIN-STEMI Registry
2019 Gobind Ballabh Pant Institute... New Delhi Disease-Specific Cohort Single site
The study aims to describe the clinical characteristics, management patterns, and outcomes of patients presenting with S...
3,635 National Prospective Mohit D. Gupta (GIPMER)
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PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology) Study
2002 Population Health Research Ins... Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Rajasthan... Adult and Aging Cohort Multiple sites
The study primarily examines the causes and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, but also covers other non-communicabl...
29,298 International Prospective Salim Yusuf (PHRI)
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The lifetime risk of developing type II diabetes in an urban community in Mumbai: findings from a ten-year retrospective Cohort Study
2011 International Institute for Po... Maharashtra (Mumbai) Disease-Specific Cohort Single site
The study aims to estimate the lifetime risk of developing type 2 diabetes in an urban community in Mumbai. Also, it aim...
1,652 National Retrospective Udaya Shankar Mishra (IIP...
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Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI)
2017 International Institute for Po... 36 States and UTs (Andhra Pradesh Aruna... Adult and Aging Cohort Multiple sites
The study tracks age-related health trajectories among adults aged 45 years and older, capturing multidimensional outcom...
72,250 National Longitudinal/Propsective Chander Shekhar (IIPS)
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Srinivaspura Aging, Neuro Senescence and COGnition (SANSCOG) Study
2018 Indian Institute of Science (I... Karnataka (Srinivaspura) Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
SANSCOG study is a first-of-its-kind research project in India and one of the largest, longitudinal studies in the world...
10,000 National Longitudinal Vijayalakshmi Ravindranat...
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Indian Network of Population-Based Surveillance Platforms for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses among the Elderly (INSPIRE)
2018 AIIMS, New Delhi Ballabgarh, Chennai, Kolkata & Pune Disease-Specific Cohort Multiple sites
The study aim to understand the impact of specific respiratory viruses on older adults (60 and above) in India.It furthe...
5,336 National Prospective Dr Anand Krishnan (AIIMS,...
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Longitudinal Cognition and Aging Research on Population of the National capital region (LoCARPoN) Study
2016 AIIMS, New Delhi New Delhi Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
This study is to determine the incidence of stroke and dementia in community-dwelling adults (>50 yrs) in India.The stud...
8,858 National Prospective Kameshwar Prasad (AIIMS,...
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New Delhi Birth Cohort
1969 Sunderlal Jain Hospital (SJH)... New Delhi Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
It is one of the oldest and most comprehensive birth cohort studies in India, providing invaluable insights into growth...
20,755 National Prospective Harshpal Singh Sachdev (S...
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The Indian Chronic Kideney Disease (ICKD) Study
2016 Post-graduate Institute of Med... Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Vellore,... Disease-Specific Cohort Multiple sites
This is the only large cohort study of patients with mild-to-moderate CKD in a lower-middle-income country. It is design...
4,056 National Prospective Vivekanand Jha (George In...
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The Young Lives Study
2002 University of Oxford Andhra Pradesh & Telangana (Andhra Prad... Adult and Aging Cohort Multiple sites
The study investigates the changing nature of childhood poverty in Low income countries. It was planned as a multidiscip...
3,019 International Longitudinal Revathi Ellanki (CESS)
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Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA)
2016 National Institute of Mental H... Chandigarh, Kolkata, Bangalore, Rishi Va... Adoloscent and Young Adult Cohort Multiple sites
The Study aim to examine environmental influences on genomic variations, neurodevelopmental trajectories and vulnerabili...
9,010 National Longitudinal Vivek Benegal (NIMHANS)
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Harmonised Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI-DAD)
2017 AIIMS,New Delhi / University o... 14 States (Assam Haryana Karnataka Keral... Disease-Specific Cohort Multiple sites
The study aim is to estimate the prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment and to contribute to a better unde...
3,224 National Longitudinal/Prospective Aparajit B. Dey (AIIMS, N...
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International Research Programme on Psychosis in Diverse Settings - India (INTREPID II)
2018 Schizophrenia Research Foundat... Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Disease-Specific Cohort Single site
INTREPID II is the first multicountry research programme in four decades to investigate untreated psychotic disorders sp...
720 International Longitudinal/Prospective Tessa Roberts (IOPPN, Lon...
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Social Well-being and Determinants of Health Study (SWADES)
2018 Rajagiri College of Social Sci... Kerala Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
This study aim to provide longitudinal data on chronic diseases, behavioral risk factors, and social support systems amo...
997 National Prospective Saju M D (RCSS)
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The Kisalaya Cohort
2008 Public Health Research Institu... Karnataka (Mysore) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
This program was established for providing integrated antenatal care (ANC) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testin...
1,675 National Longitudinal Purnima Madhivanan (PHRII...
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GARBH-INi (Interdisciplinary Group for Advanced Research on BirtH)
2015 Translational Health Science a... Haryana (Gurugram) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
GARBH-Ini is a prospective hospital-based pregnancy cohort in India that follows women from early gestation through post...
12,000 National Prospective Shinjini Bhatnagar (THSTI...
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Kerala Atrial Fibrillation Registry
2016 Cardiological Society of India... Kerala Disease-Specific Cohort Single site
This study is aiming to assess clinical characteristics, risk factors, treatment patterns and otcome of consecutive of a...
3,421 National Prospective Bahuleyan Charantharayil...
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Trivandrum non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) Cohort
2013 Population Health and Research... Kerala (Trivandrum) Disease-Specific Cohort Single site
NAFLD cohort is a population-based study designed to examine the interaction between genetic and lifestyle factors and t...
2,222 National Prospective Guruprasad P Aithal (Univ...
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Vadu Health and Demographic Surveillance System
2002 KEM Hospital Research Centre (... Maharashtra (Vadu) HDSS Single site
The study is designed to continuously monitor demographic dynamics (births, deaths, migration), facilitate clinical and...
160,000 National Prospective Sanjay K. Juvekar (KEMHRC...
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IndEcho Study
2016 University of Southampton / Ce... Vellore & New Delhi (Tamil Nadu New Delh... Disease-Specific Cohort Multiple sites
IndEcho study examines how factors like birth size, childhood growth, and young adult cardiovascular risk markers can pr...
3,000 National Prospective Caroline H D Fall (Univer...
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Kalyani Cohort
2010 National Institute of Biomedic... West Bengal (Kalyani) Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
This cohort is about individuals drawn from villages in and around Kalyani, a peri-urban region near Kolkata, has been f...
15,727 National Longitudinal/Prospective Partha P Majumder (NIBMG)
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Longitudinal Indian Family hEalth (LIFE) Pilot Study
2009 SHARE INDIA Telangana Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
The aim is to identify the root causes of prevalent health issues in India, such as adverse pregnancy outcomes and child...
1,227 National Longitudinal GN Kusneniwar (SHARE INDI...
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The 1934-66 Mysore Birth Records Cohort
1993 CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospit... Karnataka (Mysore) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
The study focuses on establishment and detailed description of a unique and long-standing birth cohort. It investigate t...
1,069 National Retrospective Kumaran Kalyanaraman (Uni...
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Muzaffarpur-TMRC Health and Demographic Surveillance System
2007 Institute of Medical Sciences,... Bihar (Muzaffarpur) HDSS Single site
The Muzaffarpur-TMRC HDSS is the world's only demographic platform specifically dedicated to research on Visceral Leishm...
105,000 National Prospective Shyam Sundar (BHU)
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Mysore Parthenon Birth Cohort
1997 CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospit... Karnataka (Mysore) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
Mysore Parthenon cohort primary aim is to examine the long-term effects of maternal glucose tolerance and nutritional st...
1,233 National Prospective Ghattu V Krishnaveni (HMH...
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Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS)
2003 London School of Hygiene & Tro... Andhra Pradesh Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
The aim of the study is to understand the long-term effects of early-life undernutrition on risk of cardiovascular disea...
12,814 National Prospective Sanjay Kinra (LSHTM)
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Ballabgarh Health and Demographic Surveillance System
1961 AIIMS, New Delhi Haryana (Ballabgarh) HDSS Single site
The Ballabgarh HDSS aims to develop and demonstrate a model for rural health-care delivery in India while training medic...
90,240 National Prospective Puneet Misra (AIIMS, New...
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Study on global AGEing and adult health (WHO-SAGE) – INDIA
2003 International Institute for Po... Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan... Adult and Aging Cohort Multiple sites
WHO's SAGE is a longitudinal study collecting data on adults aged 50 years and older, plus a smaller comparison sample o...
11,230 Multinational Longitudinal T. V. Sekher (IIPS)
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The 10/66 Study
2004 Institute of Psychiatry, Londo... Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
The 10/66 study was established to address a research inequity where less than 10% of dementia research had been conduct...
1,005 National Prospective Martin J Prince (Institut...
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Mumbai Cohort Study
1991 Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for... Maharashtra (Mumbai) Disease-Specific Cohort Single site
The study focused on understanding the impact of different grades of hypertension on mortality in an urban Indian popula...
148,173 National Prospective Mangesh S. Pednekar (Heal...
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The PROLIFE Study
2001 Health Action by People (HAP) Kerala Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
The objective of the study is to setup a robust registry of cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases in a rura...
161,942 National Prospective Chittakkudam Raman Soman...
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The 1969–73 Vellore Birth Cohort Study
1969 Christian Medical College (CMC... Tamil Nadu (Vellore) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
The study was designed to quantify the scale of the problems of low birth weight, pre‑term delivery, and infant mortalit...
20,626 National Longitudinal B Antonisamy (CMC, Vellor...
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Chennai Prospective Study
1998 Epidemiological Research Cente... Tamil Nadu Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
The Chennai Prospective Study recruited over 500,000 adults, nearly one-third of Chennais population, to investigate fac...
500,000 National Prospective Vendhan Gajalakshmi (ERC)
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Pune Maternal Nutrition Study (PMNS)
1994 KEM Hospital Research Centre (... Maharashtra (Pune) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
The Pune Maternal Nutrition Study (PMNS) is a prospective birth cohort in rural Pune investigating the impact of materna...
2,466 National Prospective Chittaranjan Sakerlal Yaj...
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AIIMS Cohort Study
2015 AIIMS, New Delhi New Delhi Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
The AIIMS Cohort Study (ACS) aims to identify known and emerging risk factors for stroke and dementia among apparently h...
15,000 National Prospective
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Center for cArdiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS)
2010 Centre for Chronic Disease Con... New Delhi & Chennai (Tamil Nadu New Del... Adult and Aging Cohort Multiple sites
The CARRS Cohort is a state-of-the-art, population-based cohort of South Asians to address existing and emerging questio...
21,864 National Prospective Dorairaj Prabhakaran (CCD...
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Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES)
2001 Madras Diabetes Research Found... Tamil Nadu (Chennai) Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES) is a major population-based study in India focused on diabetes preval...
26,001 National Longitudinal M Deepa (MDRF)
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Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS)
2005 The National Council of Applie... 33 States & UTs (except Andaman and Nico... Adult and Aging Cohort Multiple sites
The India Human Development Survey (IHDS) is a nationally representative, multi-topic panel survey of 41,554 households...
215,754 National Prospective Sonalde Desai (NCAER)
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Karunagappally Cohort Study
1990 Natural Background Radiation C... Kerala (Karunagappally) Disease-Specific Cohort Single site
The Karunagappally Cohort Study is a large population-based cohort in Kerala investigating the health effects of chronic...
359,619 National Longitudinal/Prospective Padmavathy Amma Jayaleksh...
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Maternal antecedents of adiposity and studying the transgenerational role of hyperglycemia and insulin (MAASTHI)
2016 Indian Institute of Public Hea... Karnataka (Bengaluru) Birth and Maternal Cohort Single site
MAASTHI is a cohort study in the public health facilities in Bangalore, India. The study follows pregnant women since 20...
4,862 National Prospective Giridhara R Babu (PHFI)
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PAthways to Resilience And Mental health (PARAM) project
2023 Indian Council of Medical Rese... Chandigarh, Kolkata, Imphal, Rishi Valle... Adoloscent and Young Adult Cohort Multiple sites
The Pathways to Resilience and Mental Health (PARAM) is a longitudinal study of brain developmental trajectories from ea...
9,000 National Longitudinal/Prospective Vivek Benegal (NIMHANS)
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Precision CARRS
2023 Centre for Chronic Disease Con... Chennai & New Delhi (Tamil Nadu New Delh... Disease-Specific Cohort Multiple sites
The Precision CARRS study aims to understand why cardiovascular disease (CVD) develops in some individuals but not other...
14,000 National Longitudinal/Prospective Dorairaj Prabhakaran (CCD...
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Rural Economic and Demographic Survey (REDS)
1971 The National Council of Applie... 17 States (New Delhi New Delhi) Adult and Aging Cohort Multiple sites
The Rural Economic and Demographic Survey (REDS), a series of surveys conducted over three decades, examines economic, s...
9,500 National Prospective
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The Bharat Study
2023 Indian Institute of Science, B... Pan-India (Karnataka) Adult and Aging Cohort Single site
The BHARAT Study (Biomarkers of Healthy Aging, Resilience, Adversity, and Transitions) is a comprehensive population-bas...
National Prospective Deepak Kumar Saini (IISc)
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Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA) Survey
2014 Population Council Bihar & Uttar Pradesh Adoloscent and Young Adult Cohort Multiple sites
The Population Council in New Delhi conducted the largest and most comprehensive longitudinal survey of adolescents ever...
20,574 National Longitudinal Himani Sharma (IIPS)
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