39% girls agree women have no choice but to accept some violence: Survey

Bengaluru: A Bangalore based research organisation Children's Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA) has done a survey on the attitudes of the youth in the country. The survey was done in association with Indian Market Research Bureau. A total of 11,299 students from 330 high schools, 220 colleges in 11 state capitals were interviewed for the survey.

Some of the results of the survey revealed-

- 87 per cent of the students of the country believed women must accept a certain degree of violence.

- 65 per cent of the school children don't know that they are citizens of India.

- 65 per cent the youth disapprove of boys and girls of different communities meeting each other in public places.

- 74 per cent of the high school students did not know that legislature is responsible for enacting laws.

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