Why the falling fertility rate isn’t a crisis — and smartphones aren’t to blame

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The theory that digital technology is shrinking our population has picked up steam, but many researchers aren’t convinced.
Vector Illustration of a baby mobile with phones hanging off of it.
Concerns about the fertility rate generally center on concerns that fewer babies mean fewer young people entering the workforce, paying taxes and contributing to social services like Medicare and Social Security. Anisha Chopra / NBC News

Too many Americans are “under-babied,” Dr. Mehmet Oz has said. He and other Trump administration officials frame the falling fertility rate as a crisis, fueling debates about what’s causing the decline. One argument gaining traction recently is that smartphones have made people less social and therefore less likely to have sex.

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