Researchers increasingly believe that the rapid spread of smartphones and social media is contributing to declining birth rates across many regions of the world, AzerNEWS reports.
After analyzing data on the large-scale adoption of mobile phones in different countries, experts found a noticeable correlation between smartphone usage and falling fertility rates.
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