Table15
When do fathers scold their children? X grade
%
  4th grade 5th grade 6th grade  
When children take money without permission and spend it on snacks 62.7 58.4 56.8  
When children tell their parents to "Shut up" 58.7 53.1 53.1  
When children do not take their scheduled lessons 25.2 24.4 27.8 *
When children stay up late and watch TV 28.9 24.9 23.8  
When children quarrel with their friends resulting in their friend not attending school 24.0 20.1 18.0 **
When children do not clean up their desks or their rooms for several days 22.2 15.3 13.9 **
When children are noisy in restaurants 26.4 20.9 22.6 **
When children do not answer their parents 24.7 21.2 23.5 *
When children do not study for a test the next day 15.5 9.5 10.1 **
When children refuse to eat something they dislike 15.4 11.7 9.7 **
When children are not careful when riding a bicycle 14.5 12.2 9.2 **
When children forget to help their parents 11.0 6.2 8.4  
When their children's test scores at school or after-school lessons are below average 11.3 6.3 6.5 **
When children look the other way when their parents greet their neighbors 10.6 8.6 10.5  
When children do not offer a seat to an elderly person in the train 7.6 6.0 4.7 **
When children do not make up after quarrelling with friends 8.9 5.1 4.2 **
Percentage of the fathers who "scold the child very much"
*: α < 0.05
**: α < 0.01