Example sentences of "upon child " in BNC.

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1 The information obtained from the WFS enabled some researchers to conclude that maternal age does have an impact upon child survival on its own , though maternal age is obviously associated with socio-economic factors that influence infant ( particularly post-neonatal ) and — to increasing extent — child mortality .
2 Birth order , nevertheless , has an impact upon child mortality that is independent of the mother 's age .
3 The effect of birth interval upon child mortality appears to vary somewhat with level of mortality , although no pattern is clearly evident .
4 Some researchers have calculated the effect that a minimum interval of two years between births would have upon child mortality , at the levels then prevailing .
5 On the whole , the impact of spacing upon child mortality outweighs that of any other factor discussed above .
6 Thus , level of the mother 's and father 's education , mother 's place of residence as to urban or rural area and other , related factors have a bearing upon child mortality and also influence reproductive behaviour .
7 Indeed , it has been postulated that the potential effect upon child mortality of raising levels of maternal education may be even greater than the effect of changes in fertility patterns .
8 There is some evidence that length of birth interval has a bearing upon child morbidity .
9 One analysis of WFS statistics for 10 developing countries led to the conclusion that , although the mother 's attainment of primary schooling has a significant impact upon child survival , the step from primary to secondary school was more critical .
10 Moreover , in most of the countries , the impact of literacy upon child survival was much more pronounced at ages 1–4 than in infancy .
11 The effect of certain household characteristics upon child survival has also been reported .
12 In addition , if data allowed , certain types of community level characteristics might also usefully be examined for their impact upon child mortality and morbidity .
13 In the opinion of some scholars , the effect of maternal age upon child mortality is mediated by social and economic factors .
14 Such cases of organised abuse may place great demands upon child protection agencies , in terms of both overall resources and special practice requirements .
15 It was the premium put upon child labour within the domestic family economy of textile manufacture which provides the context for Defoe 's observations of around 1720 on Norfolk that " the very children after four or five years of age , could earn their own bread " , while at Taunton " there was not a child in the town , or in the villages round it , of above five years old , but , if it was not neglected by its parents , and untaught , could earn its own bread " .
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