“My Kids Are More Important Than Money”: Parenting Expectations and Commitment Among Appalachian Low-Income Mothers

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 326-350

  Manoogian, Margaret M ^a   Jurich, Joan ^b   Sano, Yoshie ^c   Ko, Ju Lien ^d  

^a WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Appalachia; ideologies of motherhood; low income families; parenting; rural poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920521447     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13490402     Document Type: Article

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