Spanking

             1968 92.24% (541) 95.31% (512).
             1986 85.47% (592) 82.01% (795).
             1988 83.14% (421) 76.60% (517).
             1989 81.77% (406) 74.40% (539).
             1990 82.17% (387) 76.43% (488).
             1991 70.64% (109) 63.75% (160).
             1994 75.73% (478) 60.49% (453).
             (Published in Frehsee, D., Horn, W., and Bussman, K. (Eds.) , 1996. Violence Against Children. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 91-105. ).
             (Social Change and Trends in Approval of Corporal Punishment by Parents From 1968 to 1994, Murray A. Straus and Anita K. Mathur, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-2594.).
             In another study (The Case Against Child Spanking At Home: A Study of LACC Students Population by Lutfi Latif Late 1990's), it shows that 58.3% of the males surveyed approved of spanking, while 53.8% of female participants approved of it. The national data also shows about 15% higher approval of spanking in males than in females. (14, page 6) Although, the above general trend is confirmed in table three, a 4.5% difference is not large enough to draw firm conclusions. Regardless that the two studies" numbers are not identical they still show some significance and still conclude that men are more likely to approve of spanking children than women are.
             When cross-tabulating the Sex variable with the Spanking variable in the GSS 96 data file, the chart presents the responses of respondents to the question: Do you agree or disagree that it is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking? The chart shows the data as follows:.
             SPANKING by SEX.
             Cramer's V: 0.039.
             MALE FEMALE TOTAL.
             AGREE 631 771 1402.
             74.9% 71.4% 72.9%.
             DISAGREE 212 309 521.
             25.1% 28.6% 27.1%.
             Missing 442 539 981.
             TOTAL 843 1080 1923.
             100.0% 100.0%.
             According to the data set, 74.9% of males agree that spanking a child as a form of discipline is sometimes necessary, whereas females agree to spanking 72.