PERUPERUA survey of 1,000 adults in 15 cities by Ipsos Apoyo, published by El Comercio, found that 42% of the respondents agreed with using corporal punishment “occasionally” to discipline children. Over half (56%) were against physical punishment.
(Reported in Living in Peru, 27 September 2009
www.livinginperu.com/news/10206)
In 2004, interviews were carried out with 870 female carers of children below the age of 10 years (95% mothers, 5% aunts, cousins and grandmothers) from six communities, as part of a project sponsored by Save the Children Canada and Save the Children UK to establish a community network for the eradication of corporal punishment. The majority (80%) believed corporal punishment necessary to educate their children; 52% believed ear pulling, slapping, or hitting with a belt or stick acceptable; and 20% believed corporal punishment helps children learn to obey. Just over a quarter (27%) felt that corporal punishment was not good but used it nevertheless, while only 16% stated that they did not use corporal punishment. In interviews with young children (aged 4-5 years), 96% reported having been physically punished for "bad behaviour".
(Base line project sponsored by Save the Children Canada and Save the Children UK in San Juan de Lurigancho - Lima, reported in International Save the Children Alliance, 2005, Ending Physical and Humiliating Punishment of Children - Making it Happen: Global Submission to the UN Study on Violence against Children, Save the Children Sweden)
International Save the Children report available at: www.rb.se/eng/Programme/Exploitationandabuse/Corporalpunishment/1415+Publications.htm
In 2002, Save the Children surveyed 1,555 children and adolescents and 689 teachers, parents and other adults who work with children. Nearly half the children (48.2%) reported being "occasionally" punished in the home, 5.1% "frequently", 30.4% "never". The responses from adults were comparable, with 46.9% stating that they had been "occasionally" punished in their homes, 11.2% "frequently", and 23.5% "never". Just under one in five (18.8%) reported being "occasionally" punished in school, 1.8% "frequently", and 39.7% "never" - but 39.7% did not respond regarding school corporal punishment. Boys reported being punished more often than girls in school (23% compared with 13%).
(Reported in International Save the Children Alliance, 2005, Ending Physical and Humiliating Punishment of Children - Making it Happen: Global Submission to the UN Study on Violence against Children, Save the Children Sweden)
International Save the Children report available at: www.rb.se/eng/Programme/Exploitationandabuse/Corporalpunishment/1415+Publications.htm