Table 2 Adolescents’ spanking beliefs and their reports of being spanked by their sociodemographic characteristics
Adolescent-reported: Spanking is a normal part of parenting (n = 966) | Adolescent-reported: Ever spanked, age 10 or younger (n = 919) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disagree % (n) | Neither % (n) | Agree % (n) | No % (n) | Yes % (n) | |
Total Sample | 49.4 (477) | 28.7 (277) | 22.0 (212) | 54.0 (496) | 46.0 (423) |
Adolescent Sex | |||||
Male | 42.5 (202) | 49.6 (137) | 56.6 (120) | 48.2 (238) | 46.5 (196) |
Female | 57.5 (273) | 50.4 (139) | 43.4 (92) | 51.8 (256) | 53.6 (226) |
Household Income | |||||
$49,999 or less | 16.6 (75) | 23.5 (63) | 26.1 (52) | 20.7 (97) | 19.7 (80) |
$50,000 to $99,999 | 33.0 (149) | 39.2 (105) | 41.2 (82) | 30.9 (145) | 43.1 (175) |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 25.7 (116) | 23.1 (62) | 19.6 (39) | 25.2 (118) | 22.7 (92) |
$150,000 or more | 24.8 (112) | 14.2 (38) | 13.1 (26) | 23.2 (109) | 14.5 (59) |
Parent Education | |||||
High school completion or less | 10.1 (48) | 18.4 (51) | 16.1 (34) | 13.3 (66) | 14.5 (61) |
Some post-secondary | 10.9 (52) | 10.5 (29) | 14.7 (31) | 8.5 (42) | 14.3 (60) |
Completed trade school or community college | 23.3 (111) | 23.8 (66) | 25.6 (54) | 22.2 (110) | 24.7 (104) |
Completed a university undergraduate degree | 29.8 (142) | 22.7 (63) | 17.1 (36) | 30.7 (152) | 20.4 (86) |
Completed a university graduate degree | 25.8 (123) | 24.6 (68) | 26.5 (56) | 25.4 (126) | 26.1 (110) |