Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause - CNN

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  • One study says it’s a direct cause CNN Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?
  • The New York Times You can blame America’s plummeting fertility rate on the iPhone, study finds: ‘People are all depressed and alone and doomscrolling’ Fortune America’s baby bust…

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  1. Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause  CNN
  2. Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?  NPR
  3. Why Are Birthrates Down? Two New Studies Point to Phones.  The New York Times
  4. You can blame America’s plummeting fertility rate on the iPhone, study finds: ‘People are all depressed and alone and doomscrolling’  Fortune
  5. America’s baby bust may be linked to the iPhone, study says  Yahoo
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