Question 1. I need some data (prob from WHO, etc) about the calorie
intake, protein intake, or other measure of food consumption among
parents and kids within a housewhold in poor and rich countries. I'd
also like to know the mortality rates at different ages in these
counties.

Question 2 (optional, for tips). Suppose there is an investment
portfolio composed of both assets that generate returns soon (e.g.
planting vegetables) and assets that generate returns late (e.g.
planting timber). Are there some economics or finance models
concerning the weighting of the assets in the portfolio? A very brief
answer will be fine.

Question 3 (optional, for tips). Is there any documentary evidence
about the eating order of human or animal families? Do parents have
the priority to eat first, and the children are left with the residual
food? If yes, please quote some sentences from the sources.

Background. I'm an economics major and am doing a research about the
allocation of food among parents and kids within a household.

My hypothesis, based on maximization of household wealth, predicts
that personal discount rate is inversely related with children's share
of food over parents' share of food.

In poor countries, for example, political instability and mortality
give a high discount rate, and children, therefore, consume less food
relative to parents. This may well be wrong. I need data to confirm or
refute it.

And I want to generalize the hypothesis, if possible, into other areas
like investment and animal behavior.

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Clarification of Question by jv1234567-ga on 16 Dec 2005 11:13 PST

in response to pinkfreud-ga's comment, i've raised the price from $15 to $20.

for question 2, you can be very brielf, like just tell me the names of the models.

for question 3, an example or two will be fine.

question 1 is the most important.

I believe you will be likely to get a better response if you post each
of these items as a separate question. The sad fact is that many
Google Answers Researchers have been burned in the past by customers
who offered tips, then did not provide them after the questions were
answered. This has made some of us leery of taking on a time-consuming
multi-part project without the certainty of adequate compensation.