Promises I can keep why poor women put motherhood before marriage

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 hav...

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Hauptverfasser: Edin, Kathryn, Kefalas, Maria
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press 2011
Ausgabe:3rd ed.
Schlagworte:
Low-income single mothers
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Poor single mothers
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
Unmarried mothers
ISBN:9780520950689, 0520248198, 0520271467, 0520950682, 9780520248199, 9780520271463
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  • Promises I can keep : why poor women put motherhood before marriage -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE 2011 EDITION -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE: HBEFORE WE HAD A BABY..." -- TWO: UWHEN I GOT PREGNANT..." -- THREE: HOW DOES THE DREAM DIE? -- FOUR: WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS -- FIVE: LABOR OF LOVE -- SIX: HOW MOTHERHOOD CHANGED MY LIFE -- CONCLUSION: MAKING SENSE OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX A: CITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODS -- APPENDIX B: INTERVIEW GUIDE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
  • Front Matter Table of Contents PREFACE TO THE 2011 EDITION INTRODUCTION ONE: “BEFORE WE HAD A BABY ...” TWO: “WHEN I GOT PREGNANT ...” Photographs THREE: HOW DOES THE DREAM DIE? FOUR: WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS FIVE: LABOR OF LOVE SIX: HOW MOTHERHOOD CHANGED MY LIFE CONCLUSION: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS APPENDIX A: APPENDIX B: NOTES REFERENCES INDEX Back Matter
  • Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Photographs -- Preface to the 2011 Edition -- Introduction -- 1. "Before We Had a Baby ..." -- 2. "When I Got Pregnant..." -- 3. How Does the Dream Die? -- 4. What Marriage Means -- 5. Labor of Love -- 6. How Motherhood Changed My Life -- Conclusion: Making Sense of Single Motherhood -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: City, Neighborhood, and Family Characteristics and Research Methods -- Appendix B: Interview Guide -- Notes -- References -- Index