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Physical punishment given to children
National
Freq
M
Physical punishment (Q122)
Yes
50782
No
485527
Don’t know
1462
Total
537771
%
F
47667
480663
947
529278
M
F
9.4
90.3
0.3
9.0
90.8
0.2
What was used as form of physical punishment (Q123)
Hand
11841
12685
23.3
Implement (belt,
37704
33765
74.1
stick)
Both (hand &
934
510
1.8
implement)
Only shook
405
718
0.8
Total
50884
47678
100
Location on which child was hit (Q124)
Face, head or ears
3327
3348
Hand, arm or leg
13833
12297
Bottom
19931
19087
Elsewhere
13596
12127
Total
50687
46859
6.6
27.3
39.3
26.8
100
26.6
7.08
1.1
1.5
100
7.1
26.2
40.7
25.9
100
Did physical punishment leave a mark of any kind (Q125)
Yes
9423
5603
18.6
No
39751
39043
78.6
Don’t know
1386
2515
2.7
Total
50559
47160
100
11.9
82.8
5.3
100
Life skills training (child > 6 years) (Q126)
Yes
5883
4812
No
374164 364825
Don’t know
1089
597
Total
381136 370234
1.3
98.5
0.2
100
1.5
98.2
0.3
100