Which most likely explains why families in rural areas may have two children under the one-child policy?

Rural families often depended on children to help with farm work, so they could have a practical need for more than one child. The best choice is “Their families require extra help on the family farm.” The policy did allow some rural families to have a second child in certain circumstances, but extra farm labor is the likely explanation among these choices.

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