According to UN statistics, in 2003 significant proportions of women believed that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife for specific reasons: 5% for burning the food, 6% for arguing with him, 9% for going out without telling him, 17% for neglecting the children and 3% for refusing to have sex.
(United Nations, 2010, The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics, New York: Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
A study in 1997 on how children in La Puz, Oruro and Cochabamba perceived their rights, carried out by the Under-Secretariat of Generational Affairs with the support of UNICEF and the European Economic Community, found that seven out of ten children had been subjected to psychological punishment and six out of ten had experienced corporal punishment. According to Defence for Children International, 20% of the punishments had occurred on parents' return from work, 14% in the context of marital disputes and a further 14% under the influence of alcohol.
(Reported in the third state party report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2004, CRC/C/125/Add.2, para. 301)