In a continuing conversation about the ever increasing levels of violence in Mexico, the BBC News has released a survey showing that Mexicans feel less safe than they did before and 80% of them feel that the government should look for alternatives to using the military to fight drug trafficking.

Some other findings:

The survey suggests significant numbers of Mexicans across the country have personal experience of the violence.

Of those surveyed, 9% had been directly affected by drugs-related violence, and 32% indirectly affected. Another 16% knew someone who had been tempted to join drugs gangs in order to increase their personal income.

Many of the respondents (42%) attributed the boom in the drug cartels to unemployment and the poor state of the economy.