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

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.

• | By (Author): Kathryn Edin
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 04, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0520271467
• | ISBN-13: 9780520271463