Study on early iPhone availability finds it "explains 33–52% of the decline in the general fertility rate among women aged 15–44" - AOS for Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

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Study on early iPhone availability finds it "explains 33–52% of the decline in the general fertility rate among women aged 15–44"

2d 20m ago by lemmy.today/u/StopTech in StopTech@lemmy.today from www.nber.org

The study looks at AT&T coverage to determine iPhone availability from 2007 to 2011 and how that correlated with fertility. The authors suggest the correlation could be caused by the iPhone "reducing in-person interactions, increasing pornography use, and reducing sexual frequency" according to national-survey evidence.