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Promises They Can Keep: Low-Income Women's Attitudes toward Motherhood, Marriage, and Divorce
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Cherlin, Andrew; Cross-Barnet, Caitlin; Burton, Linda M.; Garrett-Peters, Raymond – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2008
Using data on low-income mothers in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we test three propositions regarding mothers' attitudes toward childbearing, marriage, and divorce. These are drawn from K. Edin and M. J. Kefalas (2005) but have also arisen in other recent studies. We find strong support for the proposition that childbearing outside of…
Descriptors: Divorce, Mothers, Low Income Groups, Females
Adolescent Parent Outreach Follow-up Survey.
Mosena, Pat W. – 1986
This report presents findings from the Adolescent Parent Outreach Survey (APOS), a longitudinal survey of mothers under 18 years old in Cook County, Illinois, who were receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in October 1981. The report provides a profile of adolescent mothers on AFDC, and identifies personal and family background…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
Women and Their Children: Descent into Poverty. A Report by the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women Based on Its February 23, 1984 Hearing.
Illinois Commission on the Status of Women, Springfield. – 1984
The rapid impoverishment of women and their children has serious implications for the American family and for the nation. This report includes testimony before the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women from national and state representatives of women's organizations, social services agencies, advocacy groups, and civil rights organizations. A…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Blacks, Children