The publisher of International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy wishes to retract the article Ritu RK, Rani P, Kaur A, Kaur H (2025), “Dissecting socioeconomic inequalities in antenatal care utilization in India: a Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition approach”, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 45 Nos 11-12, pp. 1043-1065, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-03-2025-0156It has come to our attention that a large portion of this article is taken, without full and proper attribution, from an earlier unpublished work by Kirtti Paltasingh, Arvind Yadav Susanto Nag and Amit Sahoo, “Utilisation of Antenatal Care Services in India: Examining Long-Term Trend, Pattern and Inequality”.The submission guidelines for International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy make it clear that articles must be original and not infringe any existing copyright. The authors, Amanpreet Kaur, Rajveer Kaur Ritu, and Harmandeep Kaur would like to note that they agree with the content of this notice. During the course of the investigation, multiple attempts were made to contact author Parveen Rani, the journal has received no response; the response of this author would be gratefully received. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers.
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