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The iPhone lowered the birth rate, new paper finds
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New academic papers argue the 2007 iPhone launch contributed to falling US birth rates. Economist Caitlin Myers found iPhone access drove up to half the 2007-2011 decline, strongest in 15-to-24 year olds. A separate study of 128 countries linked mainstream smartphones to lower teenage fertility rates.
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