#birthrate — Public Fediverse posts
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💁🏻♀️ 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.
#birthrate #demographics #teens #technology #research #economics #middlebury #fertility #screentime #science #nber #statistics
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🗨️ 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
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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.
#Birthrate #Demographics #Fertility #Births #Migration #Science