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