Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.

WASHINGTON — As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit -- the smartphone.

As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit the smartphone.

New US research suggests smartphones may be a significant, overlooked factor in declining birth rates, finding correlations between early iPhone access and reduced fertility among…

Researchers and policymakers have been scrambling to pinpoint why exactly birth rates are falling in the U.S. and around the world.

New research links the rise of the iPhone and smartphones to falling birth rates worldwide, suggesting digital life may be reshaping sex, fertility and family plans.

New research reveals smartphones may contribute to declining birth rates, reshaping relationships and social behaviors alongside financial pressures and evolving societal norms.

It might really be the phones. Well, at least a little bit.

Economists find signs of a ‘large and causal relationship between iPhones and fertility' in AT&T exclusivity-era data

WASHINGTON, June 10 — As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit — the...

Pesquisadores analisaram dados dos EUA e concluíram que condados com acesso a iPhone tiveram menos bebês

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.

Birth rates decreased markedly around the time the iPhone and high-speed internet were rolled out; two new studies say this is the moment we stopped having children and started…

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two…

A recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper noted the link between iPhone sales and declining births could be a result of more time on devices, and less time connecting.

The US fertility rate has been trending down for decades, leaving researchers and policymakers searching for causes that may help pinpoint solutions. There have been all kinds of…