Public Welfare and Family Planning: An Empirical Study of the "Brood Sow" Myth
- 1 June 1974
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Problems
- Vol. 21 (5) , 658-673
- https://doi.org/10.2307/799641
Abstract
The “Brood Sow” myth states that welfare mothers define welfare economic status favorably, are extremely active sexually, refrain from using contraceKeywords
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