Promises they can keep: Low-income women's attitudes toward motherhood, marriage, and divorce

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 919-933

  Cherlin, Andrew ^a,d   Cross Barnet, Caitlin ^a,d   Burton, Linda M ^b   Garrett Peters, Raymond ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Hopkins Population Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Divorce; Marriage; Motherhood; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849441870     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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