All of the many activities required to maintain a home and care for the people who live in it are referred to as

A) social reproduction.
B) material labour.
C) domestic labour.
D) domestic productivity.

Domestic labour refers to all the activities that are required to maintain a home and care for those who live in it, including tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and childcare. Social reproduction refers to the ways in which society reproduces and maintains itself over time, including through the work of caring for and socializing the next generation. Material labour refers to the work of producing goods and services, while domestic productivity is not a commonly used term in sociology or gender studies.