High infant mortality rates, the view that children are future assets who can care for their parents in old age, and the benefits associated with child labor all encouraged individuals in agricultural states to do which of the following?

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High infant mortality rates and reliance on child labor created a need for large families in agricultural states. Children were seen as assets and necessary for a family's survival and economic prosperity. Small families were not practical in such contexts, and raiding forager and tribal groups for children was not a common practice. Sorcery, witchcraft, and shamanism were not typically used to prevent deaths in agricultural societies.

High Infant Mortality Rates, the View That Children Are Future