Abstract
Using censal data, the population structure of the Ards Peninsula, Co. Down was investigated from 1841 to 1911. During the study period there were highly significant declines at townland level in the mean total population, population density, number and proportion of inhabited houses, household size and deviations in the male/female ratio. The potential genetic effects of the changes, mediated via reduced effective population sizes, were exacerbated by marked differences in the patterns of population structure variation by religion. It is suggested that the current high incidence of recessive genetic disorders in the Northern Irish can be ascribed, at least in part, to these post-Famine events.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 473-487 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Annals of Human Biology |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements The generous financial support of the Economic and Social Research Council, Grant G 00230116, during the course of this study is gratefully acknowledged. All the figures were reproduced by Mr A. Osborne. The authors also wish to thank, in alphabetical order, Professor L. Clarkson, Dr M. Crawford, Dr W. Crawford, Dr J. Malin, Mr T. Parkhill and Professor A. Wrigley for their invaluable guidance and assistance.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Physiology
- Aging
- Genetics
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health