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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Why Are Birthrates Down? Two New Studies Point to Phones.

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Why Are Birthrates Down? Two New Studies Point to Phones.

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.

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Poor people don’t have children?
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  Not often by choice
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    They don’t choose to, but they’re choosing not to now because they can’t afford it?

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