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3 +2 | employment: homemaker/household chores |
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employment: homemaker/household chores Explanation: quehaceres domésticos https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/certificates-d... https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/certificates-d... The choice that faced me on the bank forms seemed to foreshadow the next 12 months of my life. Under "employment details" I had two options: unemployed or housewife/homemaker. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/i-m... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2024-03-05 10:03:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A housewife (also known as a homemaker) is a woman whose work is running or managing her family's home—caring for her children; buying, cooking, and storing food for the family; buying goods that the family needs for everyday life; housekeeping, cleaning and maintaining the home; and making, buying and/or mending clothes for the family—and who is not employed outside the home (a career woman). A housewife who has children may be called a stay-at-home mother or mom. Webster's Dictionary defines a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household. The British Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1901) defines a housewife as "the mistress of a household; a female domestic manager; a pocket sewing kit". (A small sewing kit is sometimes called a housewife or hussif.) https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/28324#:~:text=Webster's ... |
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