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Day of the African Child: Afrobarometer survey shows majority support for corporal punishment, but opposition growing 

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Day of the African Child: Afrobarometer survey shows majority support for corporal punishment, but opposition growing 

A majority of Africans view using physical force to discipline children as justified, but  opposition to this practice has increased significantly over the past five years, the latest Afrobarometer survey shows. 

Support for corporal punishment is the majority view in 28 of 36 African countries surveyed in  2021/2022, approaching nine out of 10 citizens in Benin, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Niger. 

But opposition to the use of physical force to discipline children has risen and approaches  three-fourths majorities in Malawi, Tanzania, and Morocco. Rejection of physical discipline is  somewhat more common among educated and economically better-off citizens. 

The World Health Organization describes corporal punishment as a violation of a child’s rights  and harmful to his or her development, but as of 2022, only 12 African countries had  prohibited all forms of corporal punishment. 

On average across 36 African countries surveyed in 2021/2022, about four in 10  citizens (38%) say it is “never” justified for parents to use physical force to discipline their children. Six in 10 respondents (61%) say it is “sometimes” or “always” justified. 

Opposition to the use of physical force to discipline children is strongest in Malawi  (74%), Tanzania (72%), and Morocco (72%), while support for the practice is strongest in Benin (88%), Cameroon (87%), Burkina Faso (86%), and Niger (85%). 

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On average across 32 countries surveyed in both 2016/2018 and 2021/2022,  opposition to physical discipline of children has increased by 5 percentage points. 

Rejection of corporal punishment increased dramatically in several countries,  including Tanzania (by 32 percentage points), Kenya (24 points), Liberia (22  points), Eswatini (19 points), and Nigeria (17 points). 

Opposition to the use of physical force in disciplining children is stronger among  citizens with formal education (40%-41%) than among those with no formal schooling  (29%) and increases with respondents’ economic status, ranging from 34% of those  experiencing high lived poverty to 49% of those with no lived poverty. Urban residents  (40%) are somewhat more likely than rural residents (36%) to reject corporal  punishment. 

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