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A drop in US births due to smartphone use? These researchers say so
June 16, 2026/
Socializing online kind of displaces socializing offline, including having sex.”
While Myers and Hooper understand iPhone usage is not the sole reason birth rates declined between 2007 and 2011, Hooper told USA Today he was surprised by how drastic the study’s findings were.
“As digital technology reallocates household time … deep relationships erode, partnerships form less often, the partnerships that do form are weaker and conditional fertility falls.”
The Great Depopulation – Global Birth Rates Drop Below Replacement Level in 2023
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