Promises I can keep: Why poor women put motherhood before marriage

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

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  Edin, Kathryn ^a   Kefalas, Maria ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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