#birthrate — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A new paper links the 2007 #iPhone launch to declining #US birth rates, finding 4.5-8% drops among 15-19 year olds in areas with early iPhone access.

The researchers suggest #smartphones may reduce in-person socializing while increasing access to #porn and birth control #information. Skeptics note that teen birth rates were already falling since the #1990s.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smartphones-might-be-playing-a-role-in-the-united-states-declining-birth-rate-new-research-suggests-180989129/

#birthrate #demographics #teens #technology #research #economics #middlebury #fertility #screentime #science #nber #statistics

🗨️ Concluding her reflections, CPC-CG member Professor Ann Berrington says: "Success of policies should be based not on whether #fertility increases, but whether individuals are given #reproductive freedom and the ability to achieve their fertility intentions."

Tune in now to the Resolution Foundation event as they unpack their latest Briefing Note 'Bye bye baby: Assessing Britain’s falling #birthrate since the early 2010s': https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-great-british-baby-bust

Falling birthrates and what to do about them.

Scientific consensus holds that global birthrates are plummeting but disagree on whether they can stabilise.

In a series of detailed graphics, NZZ visualises the results of two major studies on birthrate trends around the world.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250530-falling-birthrates-and-what-to-do-about-them?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Birthrate #Demographics #Fertility #Births #Migration #Science