Deck 26: Pierette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Doméstica

Question 1

Latina live-in nanny/housekeepers generally receive adequate meals as part of their room and board.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Most Latina live-in domestic workers are eventually put off by live-in jobs because:

A) they lack privacy.
B) they must be separated from family and friends for extended periods of time.
C) they work long hours at low pay.
D) they are socially isolated.
E) all of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

What incentives do Latinas have to engage in domestic work?

Answer 3

not answered

Question 4

Live-in domestic workers who work in larger homes or who stay in plush quarters are guaranteed privacy and refuge from their jobs.

Question 5

The vast majority 93%) of Latina domestic workers earned in the mid-1990s.

A) less than $5 an hour
B) more than $5 but less than $6 an hour
C) more then $6 but less than $8 an hour
D) more than $8 an hour

Question 6

Many Latina domestic workers are most put off by:

A) the low pay of the job.
B) the low status of the job.
C) the job tasks.
D) the impersonal treatment by employers.

Question 7

Nanny/housekeepers with live-in jobs work an average of 40 hours a week.

Question 8

Why are Latina immigrants the primary recruits for domestic work?

Question 9

Describe how the issue of food symbolizes how Latina live-in domestic workers feel about their jobs.

Question 10

Nanny/housekeepers with live-in jobs work on average more than hours per week.

A) 25
B) 40
C) 60
D) 75

Question 11

Many domestic workers are most put off by the low status of the job.

Question 12

Latina domestic workers often encounter which of the following regarding management of food and meals while on the job?

A) Some employers supply the home only with snack foods, such as hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, cereal, or no food at all.
B) Some employers provide food in very small quantities that is meant to last an entire week.
C) Many employers supply the home with food preferred by Latina immigrants, such as fresh vegetables, rice, beans, and meat.
D) a and b above

Question 13

Live-in employees usually work without a written contract.