Regarding Time and Effort Spent to Feed Oneself and One's

question 17

Multiple Choice

Regarding time and effort spent to feed oneself and one's family on a forager diet, Lee discovered (using !Kung data) that:

• A) children are expected to forage for themselves from about the age of four.
• B) men work twice as many hours as women per week.
• C) both men and women work about 'half time' (compared to the standard US 40-hour work week) to hunt and gather enough food.
• D) men and women work full time hours per week (c.40 hours) to hunt and gather enough food without assistance from the children and the elderly.
• E) All answers are wrong; Lee never did any time use studies.

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