The Statute of the Child and Adolescent considers children and adolescents as holders of rights and in peculiar development situation and, therefore, it is adolescents' acknowledgment of their condition. The aim of this quantitative and qualitative study was to know the perception of young people from urban and rural contexts about rights and duties. 47 adolescents, age 12 to 15, from urban and rural contexts participated in this study. A survey about right's knowledge and focal groups was used for gathering data. Most of participants said that children and adolescents have rights and duties, however, a few participants knew mention them. Similarities and differences among the groups were found. The similarity is related to conceptions found in society and the difference is related to particularities of each context. Intervention's strategies with foment more recognition of rights and duties were suggested to young as well as society.
adolescent; rural population; urban population
