Table 3.
Proportions of Caregivers by Country Indicating the Use of Type of Discipline and Belief in Need to Punish Physically
| Nonviolent Discipline |
Psychological Aggression |
Physical Violence |
Severe Physical Violence |
Need to Punish Physically |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
| Albania | .91 | .29 | .10 | .31 | .50 | .50 | .09 | .28 | .04 | .20 |
| Belize | .92 | .28 | .51 | .50 | .60 | .49 | .07 | .25 | .27 | .44 |
| Bosnia – Herzegovina |
.91 | .29 | .25 | .44 | .27 | .44 | .03 | .18 | .07 | .26 |
| Cameroon | .80 | .40 | .86 | .34 | .81 | .39 | .27 | .44 | .46 | .50 |
| Central African Republic |
.89 | .31 | .82 | .39 | .76 | .42 | .33 | .47 | .26 | .44 |
| Djibouti | .80 | .40 | .50 | .50 | .61 | .49 | .20 | .40 | .33 | .47 |
| Georgia | .76 | .43 | .62 | .48 | .55 | .50 | .24 | .43 | .15 | .36 |
| Ghana | .82 | .38 | .83 | .38 | .73 | .45 | .09 | .29 | .47 | .50 |
| Iraq | .94 | .24 | .79 | .41 | .70 | .46 | .30 | .46 | .25 | .43 |
| Jamaica | .90 | .31 | .74 | .44 | .82 | .39 | .06 | .24 | .35 | .48 |
| Laos | .80 | .40 | .64 | .48 | .51 | .50 | .09 | .28 | .18 | .38 |
| Macedonia | .88 | .32 | .59 | .49 | .62 | .48 | .18 | .38 | .08 | .27 |
| Montenegro | .93 | .26 | .57 | .49 | .51 | .50 | .06 | .25 | .05 | .22 |
| Serbia | .86 | .35 | .65 | .48 | .65 | .48 | .11 | .31 | .11 | .32 |
| Sierra Leone | .90 | .30 | .82 | .39 | .74 | .44 | .22 | .41 | .57 | .50 |
| Suriname | .95 | .22 | .81 | .40 | .65 | .48 | .09 | .28 | .18 | .38 |
| Yemen | .94 | .23 | .93 | .27 | .85 | .35 | .43 | .50 | .45 | .50 |
| Total | .87 | .33 | .71 | .46 | .67 | .47 | .21 | .41 | .27 | .45 |