Strengthening Marriage Seen as Way out of Poverty


	Strengthening Marriage Seen as Way out of Poverty

dmegivern

12-11-2007 11:55 AM

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poverty, marriage

dmegivern says:

Counting on couples feels like building a house on sand to me. I would actually recommend educating poor people to not have children. Getting out of poverty for my five siblings and myself has meant not being able to have children. But, at least it is working, we are each slowly crawling out.

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