homemaker

Family member whose main occupation is running or managing the family's home

ConceptoccupationQ1934684

Also known as homekeeper

Instance of: occupation
Subclass of: person

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Homemaking is mainly an American and Canadian term for the management of a home, otherwise known as housework, housekeeping, housewifery, home economics or household management. It is the act of overseeing the organizational, day-to-day operations of a house or estate, and the managing of other domestic concerns. A person in charge of the homemaking, who is not employed outside the home, in the US and Canada, is called a homemaker, a term for a housewife, or a stay-at-home dad or stay-at-home mom.

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Field of this occupation: family and consumer sciences
homemaking
undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use statement supported by: Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (2008)
Patron saint: St. Zita
Saint Anne
Saint Martha
Monica of Hippo
Female form of label: עקרת בית
Hausfrau
ama de casa
ربة منزل
ama de casa
dona de casa
femme au foyer
хатняя гаспадыня
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ama de casa
dona de casa
домохозяйка
huisvrouw
dona de casa
gospodyni
hospodyně
Hausfra
Male form of label: رب منزل
Hausmann
dono de casa
homme au foyer
хатні гаспадар
amo de casa
домохозяин
huisman
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dono de casa
gospodarz
hospodář
Hausmann
Has characteristic: domesticity
Model item: housewife applies to use with property: subclass of
househusband applies to use with property: subclass of
Said to be the same as: housewife

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