Table 5 Associations between parent beliefs about spanking and parent- and adolescent-reported spanking
Parent-reported Spanking Beliefs | Parent-reported: Child ever spanked, age 10 or younger | Adolescent-reported: Ever spanked, age 10 or younger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No % | Yes % | AOR (95% CI) | No % | Yes % | AOR (95% CI) | |
Spanking is a normal part of parenting | ||||||
Disagree (ref) | 75.9 | 24.1 | 1.00 | 67.4 | 40.3 | 1.00 |
Neither | 16.9 | 39.7 | 7.71 (5.35–11.09) *** | 20.8 | 32.7 | 2.76 (1.96–3.89) *** |
Agree | 7.2 | 36.2 | 16.35 (10.55–25.33) *** | 11.8 | 27.0 | 3.71 (2.52–5.46) *** |
Some children need to be spanked so that they will learn a lesson | ||||||
Disagree (ref) | 76.8 | 29.8 | 1.00 | 68.4 | 45.3 | 1.00 |
Neither | 14.5 | 33.3 | 6.43 (4.43–9.33) *** | 18.2 | 28.2 | 2.59 (1.81–3.69) *** |
Agree | 8.7 | 36.9 | 11.62 (7.72–17.50) *** | 13.3 | 26.5 | 2.96 (2.04–4.31) *** |
Some children need to be hit so that they will learn a lesson | ||||||
Disagree (ref) | 93.7 | 83.1 | 1.00 | 91.9 | 85.4 | 1.00 |
Neither | 4.0 | 11.5 | 3.53 (2.04–6.10) *** | 4.7 | 10.9 | 2.66 (1.54–4.58) *** |
Agree | 2.3 | 5.4 | 2.71 (1.29–5.69) ** | 3.4 | 3.7 | 1.11 (0.53–2.32) |