Table 3.

Frequencies and Chi-Square Results for Attitudes in Favor of CP Across the Three Contexts

Types of attitudes	Cameroon		Switzerland		Togo
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Attitudes in favor of CP	109	54.23	7	4.76	88	44.22
1. There should be a law that allows parents to use force to correct a child	87	43.28	4	2.72	85	42.71
2. Some children need to be slapped to learn how to behave	171	85.08	19	12.93	147	73.87
3. Spanking is an effective method of educating a child	70	34.83	9	6.12	66	33.17
4. It would be acceptable for a parent to hit a child when that child is provocative	127	63.18	13	8.84	102	51.26
5. It would be acceptable for a parent to hit a child when that child is disobedient	132	65.67	10	6.80	114	57.29
6. It would be acceptable for a parent to hit a child when that child is abusive	113	56.22	14	9.52	88	44.22

The global score is in bold. The items are reported in this table as formulated in the questionnaire and freely translated into English. Each line indicates the frequencies and percentages of parents who reported attitude in favor of the statement