kozhikode there seems to be few takers for jobs such as beauticians and fashion designers among girls hailing from the muslim community while around 61 of the girls who took part in the survey preferred government jobs 29 said that they wanted to pursue a career in fields such as medicine engineering law and teaching only 5 preferred sunrise sectors like interior designing none of the respondents from thiruvananthapuram wanted to work in these sectors but 13 in kochi and 11 of those polled in kozhikode preferred these jobs majority of the people in the age group of 16 to 25 who participated in the poll expressed their desire to work but surprisingly 64 of those polled in 16 to 25 age group in kozhikode said that they do not want to work while in malappuram only 8 wanted to stay away from work the scope of promotion pension and other benefits also attracts many to government jobs fixed working hours also are an advantage as far as i know there are no other reasons for women to prefer government jobs said abida farooqui assistant professor government college kodancheri kozhikode there still seems to be a stigma attached to professions such as beautician in the community which prevents many women from opting for it said dr m muhammad dental surgeon practising in kondotty