John Burn-Murdoch
John Burn-Murdoch is the Chief Data Reporter at the Financial Times and a Senior Fellow at the LSE Data Science Institute. He writes the weekly "Data Points" column, which uses statistics and data visualization to examine major social, economic, and demographic issues. He is widely recognized for his work on fertility and population trends, including research identifying declining couple formation — driven in part by smartphones and digital media — as a primary force behind falling birth rates.
“'In previous decades, the world's fertility rate went down because couples had fewer children. Now the main reason is that there are fewer couples.'”
“If digital media is indeed a major cause, it suggests a possible solution: changing our digital habits.”
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