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demog-literature-positioning

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Use when positioning a Demography (PAA / Duke University Press) manuscript against the population-science literature so it reads as a contribution of general interest to demographers. Demography readers span fertility, mortality, migration, family, and health, so the paper must engage the demographic literatures they expect. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.

When to use

• Positioning a Demography manuscript
• Drafting or revising the introduction
• Revising the contribution paragraph
• Connecting applied literature to population science
• Distinguishing contribution from prior demographic work
• Engaging cross-component demographic literatures
• Pre-empting reviewer objections regarding demographic fit

When not to use

• Writing the full literature review
• Designing the research methodology
• Handling submission anonymity rules
• Building theoretical frameworks

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