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Corporal Punishment in Schools - Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam (UNICEF 2015)

  • Corporal Punishment in Schools - Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam (UNICEF 2015)

  • Entity Year Children age 8 who report physical punishment by teachers Children age 15 who report physical punishment by teachers
    Ethiopia 2009 38.0 12.0
    India 2009 78.0 34.0
    Peru 2009 30.0 7.0
    Vietnam 2009 20.0 1.0
  • The data in this chart comes from Figure 2 in the source paper, where there are also estimates of children's self-reports of teacher’s use of physical punishment on other children: https://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Teacher-violence-UNICEF-2015.png

  • Sources

    Data Published By: Ogando Portela, María José, and Kirrily Pells. "Corporal punishment in schools: longitudinal evidence from Ethiopia, India Peru and Viet Nam." (2015).

    Data publisher source:Young Lives longitudinal study of children in four countries over 15 years.

    Link: https://ideas.repec.org/p/ucf/indipa/indipa788.html

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