Population Statistics
Population Statistics
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人口统计
作者：
Anirvan S. Nandy;T. Sharpee;J. Reynolds;Jude F. Mitchell
11 月 29 日，下议院关于人口（统计）法案二读的辩论很有趣，因为该法案受到了众议院双方的批评。不利的批评主要针对要求提供不明显必要的信息，以及时间表条款的模糊性。 F.K.格里菲斯先生表示，公众不应该因为“私密、令人恼火和无关紧要的问题”而感到担忧。没有人普遍反对询问绝对有用的信息。辩论报告应与《泰晤士报》随后的通讯一起阅读。因此，A. P. 赫伯特先生在 12 月 4 日刊中提到了 A. M. 卡尔-桑德斯教授和 C. P. 布莱克博士的论点，即“对于正确阐明人口趋势而言，三项信息至关重要——母亲的年龄、每个孩子出生时的婚姻持续时间以及每个孩子的出生顺序”；他表示，“如果这就是法案所要求的全部内容，那么麻烦就不会出现”。
THE debate in the House of Commons on November 29, on the second reading of the Population (Statistics) Bill, was interesting on account of the criticism which the Bill received from both sides of the House. The adverse criticisms were chiefly directed against the requirement of information of a not obviously necessary character, and also against the ambiguous nature of the terms of the schedule. The feeling was expressed by Mr. F. K. Griffith that the public should not be worried by "intimate, irritating, and irrelevant questions". There was no general opposition to the asking of information of a definitely useful character. The report of the debate should be read in conjunction with subsequent correspondence in The Times. Thus, Mr. A. P. Herbert, in the issue of December 4, mentions the contention of Prof. A. M. Carr-Saunders and Dr. C. P. Blacker that "three pieces of information were essential for the proper elucidation of the trend of the population—the age of the mother and the duration of the marriage at the birth of each child, and the order of birth of each child" ; and he remarks that "if this were all the Bill required the trouble would not have arisen".