Race, spanking, and shame: Dimensions of corporal punishment

From The Society Pages:
So how do we explain the differences across racial groups? Parental education and socioeconomic status are stronger drivers of parenting strategies than differences in race or culture. Highly educated, middle-class parents are less likely to use corporal punishment to discipline their children than less-educated, working-class, and poor parents. Asian Americans are, on average, more highly educated than other Americans, including whites. … Jennifer Lee is in the sociology department at the University of California, Irvine and was a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar for 2011-2012.

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