Question pretext
All adults use certain ways to teach children the right behaviour or to address a behaviour problem. I will read various methods that are used and I want you to tell me if you or anyone else in your household has used this method with (name) in the past month.
Literal question
Do you believe that in order to bring up (raise, educate) (name) properly, you need to physically punish him/her?
Categories
| Value |
Category |
Cases |
Weighted |
|
| 1 |
Yes |
673 |
670 |
|
| 2 |
No |
3720 |
3719 |
|
| 8 |
Don't know |
115 |
115 |
|
| Sysmiss |
|
1817 |
1716 |
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
This question is designed to capture attitudes toward discipline and should be asked last, after asking about parental/caretaker disciplinary behaviour. The question asks the parent/caretaker for their own opinion of whether it is necessary to use physical punishment when teaching the child to behave properly. Do not be surprised if a mother or a caretaker who has indicated in the previous questions that she/he has used various forms of physical punishment responds to this question that she/he does not believe in such punishment.
If the respondent states that she/he has no opinion on this or that she/he does not know, circle '8'.
