BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

I see no evidence here of new members.

It does look a bit 1980s.

 

[Pblakeney]

I haven't read the article, but I'm quite enjoying the reactions to Burn-Murdoch's article arguing that the rise of mobile telephony from 2008 has led to the decrease in the number children being born around the world. Has he spotted something, or is this like the book of spurious correlations?

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I would have thought Tinder might have brought the opposite result.
Just shows how little I know.

 

[icowden]

I haven't read the article, but I'm quite enjoying the reactions to Burn-Murdoch's article arguing that the rise of mobile telephony from 2008 has led to the decrease in the number children being born around the world. Has he spotted something, or is this like the book of spurious correlations?

The chart is showing the drop off in teen pregnancies largely. In women between 15 to 19 years of age birth rate fell 71% between 2007 and 2024. For 20-24 year olds 43%. 25-29 year olds by 23%.

So it largely reflects that teenage pregnancies have dropped hugely and people are tending to wait to their 30s.