Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage, With a New Preface

by KathrynEdin (Author), Maria Kefalas (Author)

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2011
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Why do so many poor American youth continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? This title offers a look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the study of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead.

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

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 316
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 31 Oct 2011
ISBN 10: 0520271467
ISBN 13: 9780520271463