why poor women put motherhood before marriage
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Edin, Kathryn
- Creator
- Kefalas, Maria
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 36 2005
- Thesaurus
- moederschap, tienermoeders, meisjes, zwangerschappen, huwelijken, armoede, zwarte vrouwen, statistiek, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage and family. Promises I Can Keep offers an intimate look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead