Abstract
The book combines geographical with sociological perspectives and is divided into two parts. The first looks at the temporal and spatial trends in the distribution of domestic servants during the 1980s and at the determinants of 'demand' (why people want to employ them) and 'supply' (why people want these jobs). Demand is explored in two ways. First by analysing advertisements for domestic servants of various kinds in The Lady magazine, a national publication, and in local newspapers covering the two local labour markets studied: Newcastle and Reading, between July 1981 and June 1991. Those aspects of family relationships and interactions which influence whether couples will employ domestic servants are explored in interviews with 300 households in Reading and Newcastle with both partners in full-time professional or managerial employment. This reveals that couples who share domestic tasks fully are far less likely than those with a more traditional division of labour to employ servants (32% versus 85%).
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