Promises I Can Keep Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

Name: Promises I Can Keep Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage
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ISBN: 9780520248199

ISBN-10: 0520248198

ISBN-13: 9780520248199

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kathryn Edin, Maria J. Kefalas, Frank Furstenberg

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Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children be better off if she had waited to have them and had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? 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 Keepoffers an intimate look at what marriage…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/21/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction



"Before We Had a Baby . . ."



"When I Got Pregnant . . ."



How Does the Dream Die?



What Marriage Means



Labor of Love



How Motherhood Changed My Life


Conclusion: Making Sense of Single Motherhood


Acknowledgements



City, Neighborhood, and Family Characteristics and Research Methods



Interview Guide


Notes


References


Index