Table 2.

Prevalence of child disciplinary methods in the past month in children aged 2–4 years, Mongolia, 2018.

Disciplinary Method acts	% (95% Confidence Interval)
Non-violent discipline
1. ‘Explained why (name)’s behavior was wrong.’	71.5 (70.3, 72.8)
2. ‘Took away privileges, forbade something (name) liked, or did not allow (him/her) to leave the house.’	21.9 (20.7, 23.0)
3. ‘Gave (him/her) something else to do.’	22.7 (21.6, 23.9)
Non-violent discipline only	77.5 (76.3, 78.7)
Psychological aggression (items 4 – 5)	32.3 (31.0, 33.6)
4. ‘Shouted, yelled at, or screamed at (him/her).’	31.2 (29.9, 32.5)
5. ‘Called (him/her) dumb, lazy, or other names like that.’	4.0 (3.5, 4.6)
Physical punishment (items 6 – 11)	31.6 (30.3, 32.9)
6. ‘Spanked, hit, or slapped (him/her) on the bottom with bare hand.’	22.6 (21.4, 23.8)
7. ‘Hit or slapped (him/her) on the hand, arm, or leg.’	9.0 (8.2, 9.8)
8. Shook (him/her).”	8.1 (7.3, 8.9)
9. ‘Hit (him/her) on the bottom or elsewhere on the body with something like a belt, hairbrush, stick, or other hard objects.’	2.1 (1.7, 2.5)
10. ‘Hit or slapped (him/her) on the face, head, or ears’.	2.8 (2.4, 3.3)
11. ‘Beat (him/her) up that is hit (him/her) over and over as hard as one could.’	1.5 (1.2, 1.9)
Severe physical punishment (items 10 – 11)	4.1 (3.5, 4.7)