Corporal Punishment of Children in Nine Countries as a Function of Child Gender and Parent Gender

Table 2

Percentages of parents reporting belief that corporal punishment is necessary to rear the target child.

	Mothers’ belief			Fathers’ belief
	Girls	Boys	𝜒^2	Girls	Boys	𝜒^2
China	14	36	14.91^∗	20	33	4.97^∗
Colombia	14	19	.53	13	8	.68
Italy	5	4	.09	2	4	.27
Jordan	8	7	.05	8	10	.16
Kenya	44	56	1.41	48	54	.38
Philippines	13	20	1.19	16	15	.03
Sweden	0	0	N/A	0	0	N/A
Thailand	16	11	.63	22	10	2.39
U.S.A.	17	13	.87	11	16	.70
Full sample	15	17	1.90	16	17	.29

^∗𝑃<.05.
Note. Values reflect the percentages of parents who reported that they believe that using corporal punishment is necessary to rear the target child and Chi-square tests of differences by child gender.