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Cites statistics concerning corporal punishment. Frequency in spanking preschoolers; Number of states that allow corporal punishment in school; Percentage of Catholic mothers who spank their preschooler; Percentage of Protestant mothers who spank their preschooler; Proportion of teenagers who are still occasionally spanked; Number of spankings the average preschooler receives in a year.
By PT Staff, published on May 01, 1996

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o Percentage of mothers who spanked their preschooler in past week: 61

o Percentage who spanked their preschooler three or more times in past week: 26

o Proportion who spanked their preschooler during one-hour interview with researcher: 1 in 20

o Number of states that allow corporal punishment in school: 22

o Percentage of Catholic moms who spanked their preschooler in past week: 55

o Percentage of Protestant moms who spanked their preschooler in past week: 68

o Proportion of 13- and 14-year-olds who are still occasionally spanked: 1 in 2

o Number of spankings the average preschooler receives in a year: 150

Source: Family Relations (Vol. 44, No. 2).

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