http://hdl.handle.net/2262/9199 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:26:43 GMT 2013-05-21T04:26:43Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6958 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: ninetieth session 1936/1937 Author: SSISI Fri, 01 Jan 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6958 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5885 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and sixteenth session -1962/63 Author: SSISI Tue, 01 Jan 1963 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5885 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5078 Title: Schemes for the rehabilitation of youth in certain countries, with special reference to labour service Author: Beere, Thekla J. Abstract: Unemployment among young persons is one of the most acute and disturbing problems of this generation. It is difficult to assess its exact magnitude either in this or in other countries, but the International Labour Office concluded some years ago, from the mass of evidence at its disposal, that the number of unemployed persons under the age of 25 years is generally about a quarter of the total number of unemployed of all ages, and from the information available it appears that the proportion for Eire conforms closely to this figure, so that the number of unemployed youths between 16 and 25 years of age is in the neighbourhood of 20,000, of whom approximately 12,000 are under 21. It is with the outlook and prospects of these "out of works" that we are at present concerned. The problem has been tackled in various ways in other countries and has been the subject of a Report of the International Labour Office. The demoralising effects of unemployment on those who, full of youthful enthusiasm, are just entering upon adult life, is appreciated by every student of social conditions, and some means of alleviating this evil, with its trail of juvenile delinquency, is the subject of the present paper. Description: Read on Thursday, l5th December, 1938 Sun, 01 Jan 1939 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5078 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4984 Title: The population problem : a radio discussion Author: Brennan, Joseph; Geary, R. C.; Duncan, G. A.; O'Brien, George; Lyon, Stanley Abstract: The present discussion on the Irish population problem has been arranged on the invitation of the Director of Broadcasting by the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. This Society which in a few years will celebrate its centenary has provided in the past and continues in an increasing degree still to provide opportunities for the examination and discussion in a scientific and non-partisan spirit of problems of social interest in Ireland. Membership is not in the least restricted to experts and the Society welcomes all who from any standpoint take an interest in its work. The date of the Society's foundation, 1847, the year of the Famine, marks a crucial point in the trend of Irish population and makes it appropriate that the first broadcast of proceedings of the Society should relate to this subject which under different aspects to-day remains a leading social problem of the country. Description: On April, 1937, the following discussion on the Population Problem was broadcast front Radio Eireann under the auspices of the Society. The President, Mr. Joseph Brennan, acted as Chairman. Others taking part were Dr. E. C. Geary, Professor G. A. Duncan, Professor George O'Brien and Mr. Stanley Lyon, Director of Statistics Branch, Department of Industry and Commerce. Sat, 01 Jan 1938 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4984 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4939 Title: Preliminary notes on the Census of Population in Northern Ireland, 1937 Author: Meenan, James Abstract: The second Census of the Six Counties of Northern Ireland was taken on February 28th, 1937. The preliminary figures of that Census have now been published, and it will be of some interest to discover how far they disclose trends of population change which have been noted in the Census taken for the Free State area in 1936. Such an enquiry may be of greater interest since even the elementary statistics of the Six Counties are little known. Description: Read on Friday, 28th May, 1937 - This lecture is delivered under the aupices of the Barrington Trust (founded by the bequest of John Barrington Esq.) with the collaboration of the Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry of Ireland. Fri, 01 Jan 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4939 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4938 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland : eighty-ninth session 1935/1936 Author: SSISI Wed, 01 Jan 1936 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4938 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4937 Title: Some reflections on the social and economic organisation of Connemara Author: Ó Buachalla, Liam Abstract: To begin with I think some apology is due for this paper. The apology is due, not so much on account of the subject, but because of the manner in which it has been treated. When I took the matter in hand, I experienced a good deal of difficulty, mainly in deciding with which, of the great mass of interesting phenomena relating to the area, I should deal. Another difficulty arose owing to the fact that conditions differ so much from place to place; opinions, even of people living in the same townland, differ so widely, that I found it hard to come to any definite conclusions on many points. I have tried, in such matters as I have selected for the paper, to treat Connemara as a whole, as a unit. Hence, I have had, as a rule, to content myself with averages. Description: Read on Friday, 29th January, 1937. Fri, 01 Jan 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4937 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4923 Title: The problem of population Author: Busteed, John Abstract: The problem of population is going to be of growing importance amongst the white races in the coming decades. A gradually accelerating decline seems to be inevitable. Even though this decline may not be large during the next twenty years, its significance will be known and it will have a strong influence on international and domestic policies. It seems probable that the phenomenon of decline will make itself evident in England at a very early date. Public attention in that country will be increasingly directed to the problem. A number of authoritative studies of the question have recently been published. Already a Commission of Inquiry, comprising an impressive personnel, has been set up to study the factors of decline; the B.B.C. is conducting a series of discussions on the subject; and increasing space in the English Press is being devoted to the topic. A decline, or even the prospect of a decline, in the population of England may have reactions of importance in Ireland. Quite a distinct issue is whether Ireland is capable of maintaining her own powers of reproductivity. In my opinion there is undue complacency as to the probability of the Irish population to be able to maintain its numbers by reproduction. In this paper I will direct my attention to the Irish Free State. I understand that a separate paper on Northern Ireland will be presented to the Society. Description: Read on Friday, 19th March, 1937 Fri, 01 Jan 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4923 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4922 Title: First impressions from the Census of Distribution, 1933 Author: Eason, J. C. M. Abstract: The Society welcomes the pioneer work which has been done by the Government Statistical Department in ascertaining facts regarding the volume of distribution, retail and wholesale, within the Saorstát. Retailers and wholesalers perform a definite function; they are essential to the manufacturer and to the public; the increased variety and volume of goods to be distributed has made them more important now than formerly. Knowledge of what takes place is socially of value, and the census which was taken in 1933 deserves, and I am sure will receive, very close examination. The comments, which I make upon it tonight must be regarded as preliminary, but I think the subject matter is so important that there should be an examination of it by the Society at an early date, and since the work is of a pioneer character, comment upon it must embrace a criticism of the form as well as an interpretation which may be placed upon the matter. Description: To be read on Friday, 18th December, 1936 Fri, 01 Jan 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4922 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4921 Title: The use of statistical methods in agricultural experiments Author: Hussey, F.P. Abstract: There is nothing new in the idea of agricultural experiments. Modern agriculture is largely the result of successful experiment, and the student of agricultural history finds that the facts of one generation are the fruits of the experiments of previous ones. Our own industrious Department of Agriculture has for over 30 years carried on a country-wide series of experiments on all types of crops and stock and every phase of agricultural effort. It is not generally appreciated what an enormous amount of agricultural experience has thereby been accumulated; few countries can boast that their agriculture is so well or so widely charted. It is not, however, with such schemes of multiple experiments that this paper is intended to deal; it may be remarked, however, in passing that from the broad point of arriving at a result from sheer weight of evidence the simple system of trials generally practised in these experiments is perfectly satisfactory. A comparison of different treatments in side-by-side plots in one hundred different centres is bound to provide at least interesting evidence of their relative merits under differing conditions. Description: Read on Friday, 20th November, 1936 Fri, 01 Jan 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4921 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z