Spanking Corporal Punishment

Running head: SPANKING AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Project 1
Spanking and Corporal Punishment
Jeremy Williams
SOWK 300
Tuskegee University
October 16, 2011

Introduction
In this document you will see the ups and downs of all the percentages of the people
that has taken this survey and developed answers to all questions. This survey was to see
how the Tuskegee students responded to the Spanking and Corporal Punishment Survey. It
the following information that I provide for you will be from their opinions and decisions on
the certain answer they chose. This survey was a good experience to see really what the
Tuskegee student really thought about Spanking and Corporal Punishment.

Table 1
Age
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Age

Frequencies

Percent

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Under 21

36

36%

21-24

43

43%

25-40

8%

41-54

8%

55 and over

4%

Table 2
Classification
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Classification

Frequencies

Percent

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Freshman

19

19%

Sophomore

25

25%

Junior

26

26%

Senior

20

20%

Graduate Student

10

10%

Vet School

0%

Table 3
Gender
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Gender

Frequencies

Percent

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Female

65

65%

Male

35

35%

Table 4
Do you think it is okay to spank children as a means of discipline?
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Respondents

Frequencies

Percent

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No

21

21%

Yes

79

79%

Table 5
Did your parents spank you as a means of discipline?
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Respondent

Frequencies

Percent

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Yes

78

78%

No

22

22%

Table 6
Should parents be allowed to use corporal punishment to discipline their children?
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Respondent

Frequencies

Percent

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Yes

66

66%

No

34

34%

Table 7
Does corporal punishment work better than other discipline methods that dont involve physical
pain?
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Respondents

Frequencies

Percent

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Yes

45

45%

No

54

54%

Table 8
Have you ever been in trouble with the police?
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Respondents

Frequencies

Percent

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Yes

24

24%

No

76

76%

Table 9
Overall, do you think that you deserved the punishment that your parents/guardians used on you
when you were a child?
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Respondents

Frequencies

Percent

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Yes

80

80%

No

20

20%

Table 10
How likely do you think you will spank your children as a means of discipline? With 1 being
very unlikely and 5 being very likely
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Respondents

Frequencies

Percent

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1

8%

15

15%

34

34%

15

15%

28

28%

Discussions
Univariate graph- Age
Univariate graph- Classification
Univariate graph- Gender
Univariate graph- Do you think it is okay to spank children as a means of discipline?
Univariate graph- Did your parents spank you as a means of discipline?
Univariate graph- Should parents be allowed to use corporal punishment to discipline
their children?
Univariate graph- Does corporal punishment work better than other disciplinary methods
that dont involve physical pain?
Univariate graph- Have you ever been in trouble with the police?
Univariate graph- Overall, do you think that you deserved the punishment that your
parents/guardians used on you when you were a child?
Univariate graph-How likely do you think you will spank your children as a means of
discipline? With 1 being very likely and 5 being very unlikely
Bivariate graph- How likely do you think you will spank your children as a means of
discipline? With 1 being very likely and 5 being very unlikely
Multivariate graph- How likely by class
Bivarite graph 2- Do you think it is okay to spank children as a means of discipline?
Multiavariate graph 2- Do you think it is okay by class
Bivarate graph 3- Did your parents spank you as a means of discipline?