Flutterby™! : Broadband & teen pregnancy

Is broadband responsible for falling teenage pregnancy rates? — Researchers find corresponding decline in STI transmission as high-speed internet access rolls out

Melanie Guldi from the University of Central Florida and Chris Herbst from Arizona State University conclude that “at least 13% of the total decline in the teen birth rate between 1999 and 2007 can be explained by increases in high-speed internet access” in the US.

Looks like the paper is at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-016-0605-0 with an earlier version at http://ftp.iza.org/dp9076.pdf