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Discover LudwigThe phrase "expected child" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is used to refer to a child that is anticipated or predicted to be born in the future. Example: The couple was overjoyed to hear that they were expecting a child after years of trying to conceive.
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Batty grew increasingly distressed through the morning as she was pressed by counsel assisting the coroner, Rachel Ellyard, about what she expected child protection officers to do.
France: Josephine, the sixteen-year-old nursery maid and her escapades; her affairs with the local men and her shooting of a sergeant who, she said, committed suicide rather than admit that he was the father of her expected child.
The New Yorker, March 25 , 1944P. 26 France: Josephine, the sixteen-year-old nursery maid and her escapades; her affairs with the local men and her shooting of a sergeant who, she said, committed suicide rather than admit that he was the father of her expected child.
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When told that her "fiancé" was a resister who was to be executed, she begged to be allowed to save her honour and legitimise her expected child by marrying him under a French legal clause which allowed an engaged couple to wed if one of them is about to die.
"The higher than expected child death rates in the UK are a reminder to all of us that, even as we are seeing child mortality decline worldwide, countries need to examine what they are doing to make sure more children grow into adulthood".
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He added that he expected children to contribute to its content.
To analyze the impact of expected child-rearing costs on childbirth decisions (intention), this study used two sets of data.
Nonetheless, these studies did not capture the prospective expenses precisely, since expected child-rearing costs can vary even among people living in the same area.
Although there are many studies on the relationship between childbirth and expected child-rearing costs, it is not easy to find an analysis using actual childbirth data.
In this regard, this study is meaningful, because panel data were used to show a clear relationship between a low childbirth rate and expected child-rearing costs.
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