Negro Domestic Workers in Private Homes in Baltimore

T H E N E E D T O E X T E N D old-age and survivors insurance to domestic workers in pr ivate homes, a group on the lowest rung of the economic ladder, has, i n general, no t been questioned or denied. This article presents the results of a l i m i t e d sample study of these workers i n their present relat ion to the program—the extent to which they now cont r ibute through their wages derived from covered employment, their success or failure i n obtaining insured status, their chances of a t ta in ing such status i f their employment were covered, and the measure of protection received by married women i n domestic service through the insured status of their husbands. 1