Ninety-six percent of female victims of life-threatening domestic violence and their supporters say a law to prevent such acts should be drawn up, a survey by a women's group showed Saturday.

The poll covered 193 women, of whom about 30 percent were victims of violence by their partners and 70 percent staff or advisers at shelters for victims. It was conducted last year by National Women's Shelter Net, a nongovernmental support group for such victims.

According to the survey, 186 respondents said a preventive law is necessary.