demog-data-and-reproducibility — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
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Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
Demography asks every accepted manuscript for a data availability statement and encourages reproducible code. The journal does not maintain its own repository — you choose a FAIR repository and provide persistent identifiers. Build the materials as you go so acceptance does not stall.
need the exemption language
and how the data have been shared. For publicly available data, describe the access method with a persistent identifier** (DOI or accession number).
and materials in a FAIR-aligned repository (e.g., ICPSR/openICPSR, Harvard Dataverse, Zenodo, OSF) and cite it with a permanent link — not a personal website or generic cloud folder. Find one via FAIRsharing.org or re3data.org.
versions recorded and informative comments** explaining each step. Treat this as expected, not optional, for a quantitative demographic paper.
describe the conditions limiting access and how others may obtain the data, while still aligning with FAIR principles as far as possible.
renv.lock / requirements.txt / installs)Demography, the Population Association of America flagship published open access by Duke University Press, draws referees who routinely re-derive a denominator or re-run a Kitagawa split by hand. The deposit must let them do so. Calibrate the package against the data class you actually used.
| Data class | Typical source | Deposit obligation |
|---|---|---|
| Fully public | HMD, HFD, IPUMS, WPP, published vital statistics | Extract code + constructed analytic file (where license permits) + persistent ID |
| Public-but-licensed | IPUMS, DHS, redistribution-restricted census | Extract specification + code, not raw microdata; cite the provider's persistent access path |
| Restricted/confidential | Linked administrative records, RDC-only census, linked mortality files | Code + synthetic stand-in file + exact access-conditions note |
date in the README and a code comment; vintages revise historical rates.
that components reconcile to the total e0 (or TFR) change before you deposit; ship the check passing.
microsimulation, and graduation step; an un-seeded interval reads as un-reproducible.
application pathway and the access conditions; a bare "restricted" reads as evasion.
【Data statement】public / restricted / on request — drafted with persistent ID? [Y/N]
【Repository】FAIR repo + DOI/accession (not personal URL)? [Y/N]
【Reproducible code】master script + comments + recorded versions + seeds? [Y/N]
【Exhibits match deposit?】[Y/N]
【Restricted data?】access conditions described + synthetic data where feasible?
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