Parents who agree with spanking to discipline a child, United States, 1986 to 2016
The General Social Survey in the US asks: Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree that it is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good,hard spanking? These variables show the distribution of survey responses.
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