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smartphone use
Coverage of smartphone use in the Nexus archive.
- You can blame America’s plummeting fertility rate on the iPhone, study finds: ‘People are all depressed and alone and doomscrolling’
A study published by the National Bureau of Economist Research links the rise of the iPhone to a decline in U.S. fertility rates, showing reduced birth rates in areas with early iPhone access. Researchers found a 4.5% to 8% drop in births for ages 15-19 and a 3.2% to 6.6% drop for ages 20-24 in regions where AT&T sold iPhones before 2011. The study attributes the decline to smartphone-induced social isolation and depression, rather than economic factors alone.
- Smartphone use associated with depression, obesity and lack of sleep in teens, study finds - as Keir Starmer pushes to make it illegal for children to send, see and receive naked photos
A study links smartphone use to depression, obesity, and sleep deprivation in teens. Keir Starmer advocates for a law banning children from sending, seeing, or receiving naked photos.