Promises I can keep : why poor women put motherhood before marriage / Kathryn Edin, Maria Kefalas.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Edin, Kathryn, 1962-

Contributor:

• Kefalas, Maria J., 1967-
• ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Unmarried mothers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
• Low-income single mothers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
• Low-income single mothers.
• Unmarried mothers.
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource (293 pages)
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The authors provide a wholly new framework for understanding why poor women have lower rates of marriage and have children outside of wedlock.

Contents:

• "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
• Making sense of single motherhood.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.
• Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Edin, Kathryn, 1962- Promises I can keep.

ISBN:

• 0520241134
• 9780520241138
• 1597348333
• 9781597348331
• 0520930932
• 9780520930933

Publisher Number:

99944264969

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.