She lives in a rented room with her children, but no husband—polygamy is common in this region and many women are left to raise kids on their own.

ain’t no way they just slid this line in and never went back to it

TL;DR – poverty means socializing is replaced by drudgery and lack of access to third spaces or visitation, and causes some people to migrate away from familiar community. Also collectivist cultures put many people into positions of obligation and tight social expectations.

In other words, survival and responsibility overrule socialization time.

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