Thomas K. Burch

TL;DR: The widespread opinion that demography is lacking in theory is based in part on a particular view of the nature of scientific theory, logical empiricism as discussed by the authors, and many theories in behavioral demography are perfectly good scientific theories, useful for many purposes, although often in need of more rigorous statement.

TL;DR: In this article, a descriptive analysis of the timing and other aspects of home-leaving in Canada is presented, using data gathered through the 1990 General Social Survey allowed a cohort analysis that spans 60 years, however the analysis made use of only a partial information obtained by the survey on home leaving and therefore considered a preliminary analysis.

TL;DR: The analysis of interquartile ranges obtained through life tables shows that school completion, and for women, start of regular work have become more age-homogeneous. as mentioned in this paper examined age variability in life course transitions using retrospective data collected through the 1995 Canadian General Social Survey on the Family.

TL;DR: This paper argued that demography actually has more and better theory than is commonly thought, and that it is close enough to some part of the real world in certain respects to serve some well-defined purpose.

TL;DR: In The Nature of Demography, the eminent French demographer Herve Le Bras presents an imaginative and compelling vision of what demography might become if it were to take seriously the scientific task of theory building and codification as discussed by the authors.