Varanasi's manufacturing industry is not well developed and is dominated by small-scale industries and household production.

Women have made a substantial contribution to subsistence activities and household production.

Parallel to the "professional" merchants were those who sold the surplus of their household production, be it vegetables, olive oil, or bread.

The most active period for household ceramic production, including tableware, kitchenware, giftware, and art ware was from the 1930s through the 1960s.

In 1978 two-thirds of the net income of farm families came from the collective, and only 27 percent was derived from household production.

By 1982 the collective provided only 21 percent of farm income, while household production provided 69 percent.

In my opinion, domestic work is household production and should form a significant part in statistics relating to the economic output of a country.

The result is that women, who are responsible for the greater part of household production, are undervalued as regards their input.

Given the hours of work in household production, one must accept that this should be taken into account when computing the total production of a country.

Householding: Economies where production is centered around individual household production.