Story of the life satisfaction of a group of retired domestic workers in South Africa: A qualitative study

Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 224-238

  Cronjé, Elsje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; DOMESTIC WORK; ELDERLY POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036704298     PISSN: 00378054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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