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Economic Value of Home and Volunteer Work

74.9 Economic Value of Home and Volunteer Work

Whereas the services rendered by housewives are not marketed in the normal sense of the term; and

Whereas Statistics Canada is currently studying the feasibility of including questions in the 1981 Census on the amount of time spent by housewives on housework and voluntary community service; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the National Council of Women of Canada request the Government of Canada immediately to institute household surveys of a substantial size and complexity in order to establish the economic value of housework and volunteer community service for the purpose of inclusion in the Canadian Classification and Dictionary of Occupations; and further,

RESOLVED, That the National Council of Women of Canada ask the Government of Canada to consult with them on the planning of such a survey.