School bans on corporal punishment far exceed household bans in this region
Evidence
The pattern: school-level prohibition is common across the region. Comprehensive household prohibition is rare — Nepal 2018 and South Korea 2021 are the only major jurisdictions. The gap between school-level and household-level prohibition is the region’s defining characteristic. — , The Rod and the Child, 5479
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: South Asia has the most children experiencing physical punishment of any region — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 5459; School prohibition statistically predicts later home prohibition within fifteen years — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 8926
Related
- South Asia has the most children experiencing physical punishment of any region (similarity 0.89)
- Corporal punishment is the world’s most prevalent violence against any population group (similarity 0.85)
- India is the single country with the most children experiencing physical punishment (similarity 0.84)
- Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest child corporal punishment rate of any world region (similarity 0.82)
- School prohibition statistically predicts later home prohibition within fifteen years (similarity 0.81)
- Central Asian states operate a dual legal regime for punishing children. (similarity 0.79)
- Legal prohibition alone does not reduce household corporal punishment practice (similarity 0.79)