domestic worker
person who works within the scope of a residence
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Summary
domestic worker is a profession[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,377 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: blue-collar worker[3], domestic worker[4], companions and valets[5]
- Commons category: Domestic workers[6]
- Patron saint: St. Zita[7]
- Field of this occupation: undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use[8]
- Said to be the same as: domestic worker[9], activities of households as employers of domestic personnel[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Domestic workers[11]
- Commons gallery: Domestic worker[12]
- ISCO-88 occupation class: 5152[13], 9111[14]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[15], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19]
- Different from: Sluga[20], servant[21], diarist[22]
- Female form of label: trabajadora doméstica[23], Dienstbotin[24], pracovnice v domácnosti[25], υπηρέτρια[26], عاملة منزلية[27], domestique[28], servistino[29], collaboratrice domestica[30], עובדת משק בית[31], empregada doméstica[32], treballadora domèstica[33], trabayadora doméstica[34], traballadora doméstica[35], trabalhadora doméstica[36]
- Male form of label: empregado doméstico[37], collaboratore domestico[38], hišni pomočnik[39]
- Contains: Gesinde[40]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[41]
Why It Matters
domestic worker has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]