New research links smartphone adoption to nearly half of America's fertility decline through reduced relationship formation. The post Are Smartphones Behind the Drop in U.S. Birth Rates? Researchers ...

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The United States’s fertility rate continued its two-decade-long decline during the first quarter of 2026, according to new ...

A newly published study says the advent of the iPhone explains a 33-52% decline in U.S. birth rates for women 15-44 between ...

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the... Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?

The iPhone was introduced in 2007, the same year the U.S. birth rate started to slide. The issues could be linked, a new analysis finds.

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*The CDC has released new data showing a continued drop in birth rates among Black women in the U.S. According to provisional data, the Black birth rate declined by 4% in 2024 alone. That puts it in ...

Economist Caitlin Myers has a striking explanation for why women are having fewer babies: It's the smartphones. Myers and other researchers have been searching for what's behind the sharp drop in ...

Sign up for the Planet Money newsletter. The world is confusing. Economics can help. Economist Caitlin Myers has a striking explanation for why women are having fewer ...