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Table 6 Adolescent sex, household income, and parent education association with parent- and adolescent-reported spanking

From: Associations between spanking beliefs and reported spanking among adolescents-parent/caregiver dyads in a Canadian sample

 

Parent-reported:

Child ever spanked, age 10 or younger

Adolescent-reported:

Ever spanked, age 10 or younger

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Adolescent Sex

 Male

1.16 (0.89–1.51)

0.91 (0.69–1.19)

 Female (ref)

1.00

1.00

Household Income

 $49,999 or less

1.44 (0.92–2.25)

1.34 (0.85–2.10)

 $50,000 to $99,999

1.56 (1.05–2.32) *

2.02 (1.35–3.01) **

 $100,000 to $149,999

1.24 (0.81–1.91)

1.36 (0.89–2.09)

 $150,000 or more (ref)

1.00

1.00

Parent Education

 High school completion or less

1.19 (0.75–1.88)

0.98 (0.62–1.54)

 Some post-secondary

1.65 (1.02–2.66) *

1.53 (0.93–2.51)

 Completed trade school or community college

1.43 (0.97–2.12)

1.05 (0.71–1.55)

 Completed a university undergraduate degree

1.32 (0.90–1.93)

0.66 (0.45–0.97) *

 Completed a university graduate degree (ref)

1.00

1.00

  1. Abbreviations: AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval. Adolescent sex, household income, and parent education were all entered simultaneously in the model, ref reference group
  2. * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001