The employment of domestic workers by black urban households
| dc.contributor.author | Russell, Margo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-28T17:14:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-28T17:14:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-06-27T12:23:17Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Studies of domestic work have generally focused on the inter-racial relationship between white employers ('madams') and black workers ('servants'). At least one-third of the households employing domestic workers are not white, and most of these employers are black or African. This paper reports the findings from an exploratory research project, conducted by students using a very small sample, on domestic work in black residential areas in Cape Town. The probability of a household employing a domestic worker rises if the household is smaller, headed by a man, has members in more skilled occupations, and has no one at home during the day; the probability falls in extended families, multiple-earner households and severely overcrowded houses. The number of children makes little difference. Wages paid are substantially below the minimum wages legislated in 2003. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Russell, M. (2002). <i>The employment of domestic workers by black urban households</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20153 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Russell, Margo <i>The employment of domestic workers by black urban households.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20153 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Russell, M. (2002). The employment of domestic workers by black urban households. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Russell, Margo AB - Studies of domestic work have generally focused on the inter-racial relationship between white employers ('madams') and black workers ('servants'). At least one-third of the households employing domestic workers are not white, and most of these employers are black or African. This paper reports the findings from an exploratory research project, conducted by students using a very small sample, on domestic work in black residential areas in Cape Town. The probability of a household employing a domestic worker rises if the household is smaller, headed by a man, has members in more skilled occupations, and has no one at home during the day; the probability falls in extended families, multiple-earner households and severely overcrowded houses. The number of children makes little difference. Wages paid are substantially below the minimum wages legislated in 2003. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - The employment of domestic workers by black urban households TI - The employment of domestic workers by black urban households UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20153 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20153 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Russell M. The employment of domestic workers by black urban households. 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20153 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The employment of domestic workers by black urban households | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |