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Table 7.2.2.2 : Attitudes toward physical punishment as seen by percentage of respondents to the child discipline
module who believe that physical punishment is needed to bring up, raise, or educate a child properly,
NHMS 2016, N=14,492

95% CI
Unweighted Estimated Percentage
Sociodemographic characteristics
count population (%) Lower Upper
MALAYSIA 7,220 1,100,760 54.8 50.63 58.82
Locality
Urban 4,147 715,684 55.5 53.16 57.77
Rural 3,073 385,077 53.5 51.11 55.81

Respondent Ethnicity
Malay 5,065 659,433 53.3 48.90 57.60
Chinese 770 179,124 55.9 48.82 62.72
Indians 288 52,629 54.4 44.14 64.28
Other Bumiputera 932 181,577 59.9 50.61 68.51
Others 134 23,607 49.8 38.00 61.69

Respondent Citizenship
Malaysian citizen 7,097 1,076,443 54.8 50.74 58.80
Permanent Resident 18 2,910 73.9 28.25 95.31
Non-Malaysian 85 18,585 47.5 34.49 60.77

Marital status of mother
Never married/ Separated/
Divorced / Widowed 125 20,641 50.0 37.68 62.36
Married/ Cohabiting 7,035 1,056,439 54.6 50.49 58.69
Education of mother
None 131 20,569 51.5 40.11 62.82
Primary 801 123,222 54.4 47.49 61.12
Secondary 3,849 567,061 56.9 51.83 61.91
Higher 2,359 365,168 51.4 46.99 55.83

Education of father
None 132 17,582 48.8 38.91 58.86
Primary 918 145,058 59.5 52.93 65.79
Secondary 3,870 566,401 56.2 51.97 60.35
Higher 1,948 301,626 51.4 44.89 57.77
Occupation of mother
Public Sector 1,787 224,986 56.5 50.44 62.39
Private Sector 1,402 239,075 49.2 43.76 54.71
Self-employed 505 85,759 55.9 46.85 64.61
Unemployed 3,447 525,351 56.2 52.02 60.25

Occupation of father
Public Sector 1,710 203,832 55.4 49.73 61.00
Private Sector 3,246 532,220 55.0 50.47 59.51
Self-employed 1,865 288,098 54.7 49.97 59.38
Unemployed 63 10,350 55.1 42.12 67.41
Household income
Less than RM1000 856 138,065 60.0 53.76 65.98
RM1000 – RM1999 1,178 155,535 53.7 48.91 58.34
RM2000 – RM2999 1,253 171,797 57.3 51.69 62.76
RM3000 – RM3999 1,024 152,711 56.6 49.91 63.05
RM4000 – RM4999 705 99,051 51.1 42.98 59.09
RM5000 and above 2,194 381,786 52.7 46.65 58.68

Some cells have respondent count <30. Results should be interpreted with caution.