How does reducing infant mortality strengthen family planning in the policy?

Correct answer: Parents become more confident about child survival

The correct answer is A. Infant mortality is the death of infants during the first year of life. When parents fear that a child may not survive, some families may have more births as a form of security. Lower infant mortality means that parents have greater confidence that their children will live, so the perceived need for repeated births is reduced. This makes the small-family norm and family planning easier to accept, while also improving child health. B is wrong because lower infant mortality generally reduces, rather than increases, the pressure for many births. C is wrong because reducing infant mortality requires better health support, not school closure. D is wrong because the policy seeks stronger, not weaker, rural health services. Memory cue: when child survival rises, the need to “replace” a lost child falls.