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Kathryn Edin, Kathryn/ Kefalas Edin, Maria Kefalas

Promises I Can Keep - Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

English · Paperback / Softback

Description

Why do so many poor American youth continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? This book looks at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides a study of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead.

Product details

Authors	Kathryn Edin, Kathryn/ Kefalas Edin, Maria Kefalas
Publisher	University Of California Press

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	21.03.2007

EAN	9780520248199
ISBN	978-0-520-24819-9
No. of pages	293
Dimensions	152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm

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