Global birth rates are falling…phones are a big reason why
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Global birth rates are falling…phones are a big reason why
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In more than two-thirds of the world, the average number of children born to each woman has fallen below the “replacement rate”. Employment, home ownership and education are still big factors. But increasingly, so are mobile phones.
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Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once
Credit: The Columbus Dispatch
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