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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.

👉 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