demog-tables-figures
Use when building tables and figures for a Demography (PAA / Duke University Press) manuscript so exhibits are self-contained, accessible, and within the journal's limits (Research Articles up to ~8 tables and figures; Research Notes up to 4). Covers distinctive demographic graphics — population pyramids, Lexis surfaces, survival curves, age schedules. Designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill demog-tables-figures --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Tables & Figures (demog-tables-figures) Exhibits are where an expert demographer checks whether the result is real — and where demographic data communicates best. Demography also **limits exhibit counts**: Research Articles allow roughly **8 tables and figures**, Research Notes **4** (confirm current limits on the official page). Every exhibit must earn its place. ## When to trigger - Designing the main results table/figure or a key descriptive exhibit - Deciding what belongs in the article vs. the online appendix - A reviewer found an exhibit unclear, mislabeled, or non-self-contained - Trimming to the table/figure limit ## Principles 1. **Self-contained.** A reader should understand each exhibit from its title, axis/column labels, and note alone. State the population, period, age range, source/vintage, units, and N or exposure. 2. **Use the right demographic graphic for the quantity.** Don't default to a bar chart when the data call for an age schedule or a Lexis surface (see below). 3. **Show uncertainty.** Confidence bands on rates, life-expectancy contributions, hazard/survival curves, and decomposition components — not bare lines or point estimates. 4. **Accessible.** Color
- When to trigger
- Principles
- Distinctive demographic exhibits
- Execution bridge (StatsPAI / Stata MCP)
- Anti-patterns
- Exhibit pass for Demography
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the demog-tables-figures skill do?
Use when building tables and figures for a Demography (PAA / Duke University Press) manuscript so exhibits are self-contained, accessible, and within the journal's limits (Research Articles up to ~8 tables and figures; Research Notes up to 4). Covers distinctive demographic graphics — population pyramids, Lexis surfaces, survival curves, age schedules. Designs exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill demog-tables-figures --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 984 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.