| Table4 |
| How do parents scold their children? |
| % |
| |
|
Often |
Sometimes |
Occasionally |
Rarely |
Never |
| Verbal reprimand |
Mother |
70.4 |
16.3 |
10.1 |
2.6 |
0.6 |
| Father |
49.5 |
20.9 |
15.4 |
11.9 |
2.3 |
| Shouting |
Mother |
26.0 |
20.7 |
22.1 |
22.8 |
8.4 |
| Father |
26.1 |
17.7 |
18.7 |
22.5 |
15.0 |
| Prolonged scolding |
Mother |
15.5 |
14.2 |
17.2 |
33.8 |
19.3 |
| 29.7 |
| Father |
11.2 |
12.3 |
12.7 |
31.2 |
32.6 |
| 23.5 |
| Hitting or other corporal punishment |
Mother |
12.8 |
10.1 |
17.3 |
29.7 |
30.1 |
| 22.9 |
| Father |
13.0 |
8.9 |
13.5 |
25.6 |
39.0 |
| 21.9 |
| Ignoring for a period of time |
Mother |
8.1 |
8.5 |
13.6 |
26.8 |
43.0 |
| 16.6 |
| Father |
4.3 |
3.7 |
7.9 |
23.3 |
60.8 |
| 8.0 |
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