Summary:
Only 7.7% boys, 7.6% girls and 17.6% married girls (15-19) had correct information related to oral contraception. Almost 4% of unmarried girls and 3% married girls in 15-19 age bracket reported forced sexual encounters, including those perpetrated by their partners. PATNA: Almost 22% boys and 29% girls had sexual encounters before attaining the age of 15 years whereas 30% boys, 5% unmarried and 27% married girls had multiple partners, a survey conducted on 'understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults' (UDAYA) in Bihar has found. Over 27.5% of physical violence and 37.4% of sexual violence were reported by married girls in the same age group at the hands of their husbands. Population Council , a research organization, conducted the survey between January and July 2016 on 10.433 adolescents in the age group of 10 to 19 years in 36 districts of Bihar..