ocupación QD

English translation: employment: homemaker/household chores

05:42 Mar 5, 2024
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Spanish term or phrase: ocupación QD
I have a medical document and their occupation in patient information is listed as "QD". I would imagine this to be a Spanish abbreviation for a common occupation. The document is from the Dominican Republic. Any ideas? Thanks!
blairekmurphy
Mexico
Local time: 10:43
English translation: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...


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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.)

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Helena Chavarria
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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...


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Note added at 4 hrs (2024-03-05 10:03:11 GMT)
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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 ...

Helena Chavarria
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agree  patinba
1 hr
  -> Thank you, patinba :-)

agree  philgoddard: 'Household chores' sounds a bit odd to me, but I agree with 'homemaker'. 'Housewife' is no longer PC, especially as they can be male.
6 hrs
  -> I don't like any of the terms I've seen. For translation purposes I would probably use 'homemaker' but anyone (with or without a partner, remunerated job, children or animals, etc.) can create a home.
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