How participatory is parental consent in low literacy rural settings in low income countries? Lessons learned from a community based study of infants in South India.

There were highly significant associations (p < 0.001) between asking questions and subjects' residence (semi-urban, rural high development or rural low development); higher parental education; both parents being present during the consent discussions; and the use of liquid petroleum gas as the main household cooking fuel (an indicator of higher socio-economic status where the majority of households 92.6% used solid cooking fuels).

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