decreased from age 3 to age 5. At age 3, 57% of children were
spanked by their mother and 40% by
their father. By age 5, maternal spanking
rates were 52% (with 5.5% spanking $2
times a week and 46%,2 times a week).
At age 5, 33% of fathers reported spanking
(with 3% in the more frequent group
and 30.2% less than twice per week).