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.