{"id":235551,"date":"2026-06-26T05:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=235551"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:57:36","slug":"smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=235551","title":{"rendered":"Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it\u2019s a direct cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 theories, including soaring costs of childcare, the rise of birth control and even the role of car seat regulations&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.egyptindependent.com\/smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US fertility rate has been trending down for decades, leaving researchers and policymakers searching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause.jpg",860,573,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause.jpg",640,426,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause.jpg",860,573,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause.jpg",860,573,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause.jpg",860,573,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause-825x573.jpg",825,573,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235551-smartphones-arrived-just-before-the-us-fertility-rate-plunged-one-study-says-its-a-direct-cause-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=14\" rel=\"category\">BREAKING NEWS<\/a>","tag_info":"BREAKING NEWS","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/235552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=235551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=235551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}