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Success and future of demography: the role of data and methods.

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Morgan, SP; Lynch, SM
Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
December 2001

Demography typifies paradigmatic success; that is, cumulative scientific work that has provided useful perspectives on a set of important questions. This success can be traced partly to the core subject matter of demography, which is relatively conducive to quantitative, observational science. The development of demography was further aided by extrinsic factors, such as the import of its data for government administration, for business purposes, and the import of demographic questions for social problems and public policy. These observations make suspect any simple projection of demography's success into the future or the transport of its experience to other disciplines.

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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1749-6632

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0077-8923

Publication Date

December 2001

Volume

954

Start / End Page

35 / 51

Related Subject Headings

  • Writing
  • Humans
  • General Science & Technology
  • Forecasting
  • Demography
  • Benchmarking
 

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Morgan, S. P., & Lynch, S. M. (2001). Success and future of demography: the role of data and methods. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 954, 35–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb02745.x
Morgan, S. P., and S. M. Lynch. “Success and future of demography: the role of data and methods.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 954 (December 2001): 35–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb02745.x.
Morgan SP, Lynch SM. Success and future of demography: the role of data and methods. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2001 Dec;954:35–51.
Morgan, S. P., and S. M. Lynch. “Success and future of demography: the role of data and methods.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 954, Dec. 2001, pp. 35–51. Epmc, doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb02745.x.
Morgan SP, Lynch SM. Success and future of demography: the role of data and methods. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2001 Dec;954:35–51.
Journal cover image

Published In

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

DOI

EISSN

1749-6632

ISSN

0077-8923

Publication Date

December 2001

Volume

954

Start / End Page

35 / 51

Related Subject Headings

  • Writing
  • Humans
  • General Science & Technology
  • Forecasting
  • Demography
  • Benchmarking