Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
McCrory, C., McLoughlin, S., Layte, R., Ni Cheallaigh, C., O'Halloran, A.M, Barros, H., Berkman, L.F., Bochud, M., Crimmins, E., Farrell, M., Fraga, S., GrundyE., Kelly-Irving, M., Petrovic, D., Seeman, T., Stringhini, S., Vollenveider, P., Kenny, R.A, Towards a consensus definition of allostatic load: a multi-cohort, multi-system, multi-biomarker individual participant data (IPD ) meta-analysis, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2023
Layte, R., Cronin, F.M, Nivakoski, S. , McEvoy, O., Brannigan, R., Stanistreet, D., The Relative Roles of Early Life, Physical Activity, Sedentarism and Diet in Social and Economic Inequalities in Body Mass Index and Obesity Risk Between 9 and 18, Social Science and Medicine - Population Health, 2023, p1 - 9
Layte, R., Brannigan, R. and Stanistreet, D., Digital engagement and adolescent depression: A longitudinal mediation analysis adjusting for selection, Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2023
Brannigan, R., Gil-Hernandez, C.J., McEvoy, O., Cronin, F., Stanistreet D., Layte, R., Digital engagement and its association with adverse psychiatric symptoms: A longitudinal cohort study utilizing latent class analysis, Computers in Human Behavior, 133, (August), 2022, p1 - 12
Brannigan, R., Cronin, F., Stanistreet, D. and Layte, R. , Verification of the Goldilocks Hypothesis: the association between screen use, digital media and psychiatric symptoms in the Growing Up in Ireland study., Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36071142, 2022, p1 - 6
Cronin, F.M., Hurley, S., Buckley, T., Guinea Arquez, G.M., Lakshmanan, N., O'Gorman, A., Layte, R. and Stanistreet, D. , Mediators of socioeconomic differences in overweight and obesity among youth in Ireland and the UK (2011-2021): A systematic review. , BMC Public Health, 22, (1585), 2022, p1 - 20
McEvoy, O., Cronin, F., Brannigan, R., Stanistreet D., Layte, R., The role of family, school and neighbourhood in explaining inequalities in physical activity trajectories between age 9 and 18, Social Science and Medicine - Population Health, 19, (101216), 2022, p1 - 13
Gusciute, E; Muhlau, P & Layte, R., The Land of One Hundred Thousand Welcomes? Economic Threat and Attitudes towards Immigration in Ireland, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2021, p1 - 22
Layte, R., Does Family Economic Strain Reduce Child Educational Achievement? A Longitudinal Assessment Using the Great Recession in Ireland, European Sociological Review, 2021, p1 - 20
Gusciute, E; Muhlau, P & Layte, R., The Land of One Hundred Thousand Welcomes? Economic Threat and Attitudes towards Immigration in Ireland, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2021, p1 - 22
Gusciute, E; Muhlau, P & Layte, R., Discrimination in the rental housing market: a field experiment in Ireland, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2021, p1 - 22
Vineis, P., Avendano-Pabon, M., Barros, H., Bartley, M.., Layte, R, The LIFEPATH Consortium, The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The LifePath Consortium, Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Gusciute, E; Muhlau, P & Layte, R., All Welcome Here? Attitudes towards Muslim Migrants in Europe, International Migration, 2020, p1 - 17
McGavock, J., Gardner, R., Feely, A., Layte, R. and Williams, J., Adverse child experiences increase the odds of obesity in early adolescence: A population-based prospective cohort study, Pediatric Research, Pediatric Research, Online, 2019
Courtin, E., Allchin, E., Ding, A., Avendano,M. and Layte, R. , The role of socioeconomic interventions in reducing exposure to adverse childhood experiences: a systematic review, Current Epidemiological Reports, 2019
Brick, A., Layte, R., McKeating, A., Sheehan, S.R., Turner, M.J , Does maternal obesity explain trends in caesarean section rates? Evidence from a large Irish maternity hospital, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2019
McCrory, C., Fiorito, G., Ni Cheallaigh, C., Polidoro, S, Karisola, P., Alenius, H., Layte, R, Seeman, T., Vineis, P, Kenny, R.A, How does socio-economic position (SEP) get biologically embedded? A comparison of allostatic load and the epigenetic clock(s), Psychoneuroendocrinology, 104, (64), 2019, p64-73
Palmer, R., Kearney, J. & Layte, R. , The Maternal Health Behaviours of Non-Irish Nationals During Pregnancy and the Effect of Time Living in Ireland, Journal of Public Health , 170, 2019, p95 - 102
Cathal McCrory, Giovanni Fiorito, Sinead McLoughlin, Silvia Polidoro, Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, Nollaig Bourke, Piia Karisola, Harri Alenius, Paolo Vineis, Richard Layte, Rose Anne Kenny, Epigenetic clocks and allostatic load reveal potential sex-specific drivers of biological ageing, Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 2019
Layte, R. and McCrory, C., Ni Cheallaigh, C., Bourke, N., Kivimaki, M., Ribeiro, A.I, Stringhini, S. and Vineis, P., A Comparative Analysis of the Status Anxiety Hypothesis of Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health Based on 18,349 individuals in Four Countries and Five Cohort Studies, Scientific Reports, Online, 2019, p1 - 6
McCrory, C., Leahy, S., Ribeiro, A.S, Fraga, S., Avendano Pabon, M., Vineis, P., Layte, R., Maternal educational inequalities in measured body mass index (BMI) trajectories in 41,399 children in three European countries, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 33, (3), 2019, p226 - 237
Jessica E Laine, Valéria T Baltar, Silvia Stringhini, Layte, R., The LIFEPATH Consortium, Reducing socio-economic inequalities in all-cause mortality: a counterfactual mediation approach, International Journal of Epidemiology, 2019
McGarrigle, C., Timonen, V. and Layte, R., Choice and Constraint in the Negotiation of the Grandparent Role: A Mixed-Methods Study, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2018, 4:23337214
Stringhini Silvia, Carmeli Cristian, Jokela Markus, Avendaño Mauricio, McCrory Cathal, d'Errico Angelo, Bochud Murielle, Barros Henrique, Costa Giuseppe, Chadeau-Hyam Marc, Delpierre Cyrille, Gandini Martina, Fraga Silvia, Goldberg Marcel, Giles Graham G, Lassale Camille, Kenny Rose Anne, Kelly-Irving Michelle, Paccaud Fred, Layte Richard, Muennig Peter, Marmot Michael G, Ribeiro Ana Isabel, Severi Gianluca, Steptoe Andrew, Shipley Martin J, Zins Marie, Mackenbach Johan P, Vineis Paolo, KivimÀki Mika, Socioeconomic status, non-communicable disease risk factors, and walking speed in older adults: multi-cohort population based study. , BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) , 360 , 2018, pk1046 - k1046
Reinhard, E., Layte, R., McCrory, C., Panico, L., & Avendano, M. , The Great Recession and the Health of Young Children: A Fixed Effects Analysis in Ireland, American Journal of Epidemiology, 2018, pin press
Layte, R. and Landy, D., The Fighting Irish? Explaining the Temporal Pattern of Social Protest During Ireland's Fiscal Crisis 2008-2014, Sociology, 52, (6), 2018, p1270 - 1289
Layte, R. and McCrory, C., Fiscal Crises and Personal Troubles: The Great Recession in Ireland and Family Processes, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2018
Orr, J., Layte, R. and O'Leary, N. , Sexual activity and relationship quality in middle and older age: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, EPub, 2017
McCrory, C., O'Leary, N., Fraga, S., Ribeiro, A.I., Barros, H., Kartiosuo, N. Raitakari, O., Kivimaki, M., Vineis, & Layte, R. for the Lifepath Consortium, Socioeconomic differences in children's growth trajectories from infancy to early adulthood: evidence from four European countries, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71, (10), 2017, p981 - 989
Fiorito, G., Polidoro, S. Dugue, P.A., Kivimaki, M., Ponzi, E., Matullo, G., Guarrera, S., Assummaa, M.B. Georgiadis, P., Kyrtopoulos, S.O. Krogh, V. Palli, D., Panico, S., Sacerdote, C. Tumino, R., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Stringhini, S., Severi, G., Hodge, A.M., Giles, G.G., Marioni, R., Linnér, R.K. O'Halloran, A., Kenny, R.A., Layte, R., McCrory, C., Baglietto, L., Milne, R.L., Vineis, P. (2017)., Social adversity and epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort study on socioeconomic differences in peripheral blood DNA methylation., Scientific Reports, 7, (1), 2017, p16391 - 16395
McCrory Cathal, O'Leary Neil, Fraga Silvia, Ribeiro Ana Isabel, Barros Henrique, Kartiosuo Noora, Raitakari Olli, KivimÀki Mika, Vineis Paolo, Layte Richard, Socioeconomic differences in children's growth trajectories from infancy to early adulthood: evidence from four European countries. , Journal Of Epidemiology And Community Health , 71 , (10 ), 2017, p981 - 989
Nolan, A. and Layte, R. , The Impact Of Transitions In Insurance Coverage On GP Visiting Among Children In Ireland, Social Science and Medicine, 180, 2017, p94 - 100
Stringhini, S., Carmeli, C., Jokela, M., Avendaño, M., Muennig, P., Guida, F., Ricceri, F., d'Errico, F., Barros, H., Bochud, M., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Costa, G., Delpierre, C., Fraga, S., Goldberg, M. Giles, M.G., Krogh, V., Kelly-Irving, M., Layte, R., Lasserre, A.M, Marmot, M.G., Preisig, M., Shipley, M.J., Vollenweider, P., Zins, M., Kawachi, I., Steptoe, A., Mackenbach, A.P., Vineis, P., Kivimäki, M. , Socioeconomic status and the 25 × 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1·7 million men and women, The Lancet, 2017
Vineis, P., Avendano-Pabon, M., Barros, H., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Costa, G., Dijmarescu, M., Delpierre, C., D'Errico, A, Fraga, S., Giles, G., Goldberg, M., Zins, M., Kelly-Irving, M., Kivimaki, M., Lang, T., Layte, R., Mackenbach, J., Marmot, M., McCrory, C., Carmeli, C., Milne, R.L., Muennig, P., Nusselder, W., Polidoro, S., Ricceri, F., Robinson, O., Stringhini, S. & The LIFEPATH Consortium, The biology of inequalities in health: the LIFEPATH project., Longitudinal and Life Course Studies,, 8, (4), 2017, p417 - 439
Cruise, S.M, Layte, R., Stevenson, M. and O'Reilly, D, Prevalence and factors associated with depression and depression-related healthcare access in mothers of 9-month old infants in the Republic of Ireland, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 15, 2017, p1 - 11
Layte, R., Why Do Working-Class Kids Do Worse in School? An Empirical Test of Two Theories of Educational Disadvantage, European Sociological Review, 0 (online), (0), 2017, p1 - 15
McCrory, C., Leahy, S., Ribeiro, A.S, Fraga, S., Barros, H., Avendano, M., Vineis, P., Layte, R. , Socio-economic variation in children's body mass trajectories in four contemporary European child cohorts, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, EPub, 2017, p1 - 10
Layte, R & Banks, J., McKnight, G. & Walsh, C., Socioeconomic Differentials in Male Mortality In Ireland: 1984-2008, Economic and Social Review, 2016
Sinnott, S.J., Brick, A., Layte, R., Cunningham, N. and M.J. Turner , National Variation in Caesarean Section Rates: A Cross Sectional Study in Ireland, PLoS One, 11, (6), 2016, p1 - 5
Sinnott, S.J., Layte, R., Brick, A. and M.J. Turner , Variation in Induction of Labour Rates Across Irish Hospitals; Cross-Sectional Study, European Journal of Public Health, 26, (5), 2016, p753 - 760
Layte, Richard and Banks, Joanne, Socio-economic differentials in mortality by cause of death in the Republic of Ireland, 1984-2008, European Journal of Public Health, 26, (3), 2016, p451 - 458
Keane, E., Cullinan, J, Perry, C.P, Kearney, P., Harrington, J., Perry, I. and Layte, R., Dietary quality in children and the role of the local food environment, Social Science and Medicine - Population Health, 2, (1), 2016, p770 - 777
Brick, A, Layte, R, Nolan, A and Turner, M.J, Differences in Nulliparous Caesarean Section Rates across Models of Care: A Decomposition Analysis, BMC Health Services Research, DOI: 10.1186/s12913 - 2016
Brick, A., Layte, R., Farren, M., Sheehan, S.R., Mahony, R. and Turner, M.J. , Recent trends in vaginal birth after caesarean section, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 109, (10), 2016, p482 - 486
Nolan, A. and Layte, R. , The 'Healthy Immigrant Effect': Breastfeeding Behaviour in Ireland, European Journal of Public Health, 25, (4), 2015, p626 - 631
McCrory, C. Dooley, C., Layte, R., & Kenny RA, The Lasting Legacy of Childhood Adversity for Disease Risk In Later Life, Health Psychology, 34, (7), 2015, p687-696
Layte, R. and Nolan, A. , Eligibility for Free GP Care and Utilisation of GP Services by Children in Ireland, Journal of Health Economics and Management, 15, (1), 2015, p3 - 27
Layte, R. and McCrory, C. , Maternal Health Behaviours and Child Growth in Infancy, 4, Dublin, Dept. of Children and Youth Affairs, February, 2015
Perry, C.P, Keane, E., Layte, R., Fitzgerald, A.P, Perry, I.J and Harrington, J.M , The use of a dietary quality score as a predictor of childhood overweight or obesity, BMC Public Health, 15, 2015, p581-
Sexton, E., King-Kallimanis, B.L, Layte, R. and Hickey, A, How does chronic disease status affect CASP quality of life at older ages? Examining the WHO ICF disability domains as mediators of this relationship, Age and Mental Health, 2015
Nolan, A., Layte, R., The 'healthy immigrant effect': Breastfeeding behaviour in Ireland, European Journal of Public Health, 25, (4), 2015, p626-631
McCrory, C., , Finucane, C., O'Hare, Frewen, J., Nolan, H., Layte, R., Kearney, P. and Kenny, R.A , Social disadvantage and social isolation are associated with a higher resting heart rate: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 71, (3), 2015, p463-73
Hyland, M., Layte, R., Lyons, S., McCoy, S., Silles, M., Are classroom internet use and academic performance higher after government broadband subsidies to primary schools?, Economic and Social Review, 46, (3), 2015, p399-428
McCrory C, Dooley C, Layte R, Kenny R.A, The lasting legacy of childhood adversity for disease risk in later life, Health Psychology, 34, (7), 2015, p687 - 696
Layte, R. Whelan, C.T., Who feels inferior? A test of the status anxiety hypothesis of social inequalities in health, European Sociological Review, 30, (4), 2014, p525 - 535
Nolan, A., Layte, R.,, Income-Related Inequity in the Use of GP Services by Children: A Comparison of Ireland and Scotland, European Journal of Health Economics, 2014
Dominguez Castro, Patricia; Layte, Richard; Kearney, John, Ethnic Variation in Breastfeeding and Complimentary Feeding in the Republic of Ireland, Nutrients, 6, (5), 2014, p1832 - 1849
Dominguez Castro, P., Layte, R. and Kearney, J. , A study of early complimentary feeding determinants in the Republic of Ireland based on a cross-sectional analysis of the Growing Up in Ireland infant cohort, Public Health Nutrition, 19, 2014, p1 - 11
Layte, Richard, Banks, Joanne, Walsh, Cathal and McKnight Grainne, Trends in socio-economic inequalities in mortality by sex in Ireland from the 1980s to the 2000s., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2014
Harrington, D.M., Belton, S., Coppinger, T., Cullen, M., Donnelly, A., Dowd, K., Keating, T., Layte, R., Murphy, M., Murphy, N., Murtagh, E., Woods, C., Results from Ireland's 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Youth, Journal of physical activity & health, 11, 2014, pS63-S68
Ladewig EL, Hayes C, Browne J, Layte R, Reulbach, U., The influence of ethnicity on breastfeeding rates in Ireland: a cross-sectional study. , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 68, 2014, p356 - 362
Layte, R., Nolan, A.,, Socioeconomic Inequalities in Child Health in Ireland, Economic and Social Review, 45, (1), 2014, p25 - 64
Layte, R., Bennett, A., McCrory, C., & Kearney, J., Social class variation in the predictors of rapid growth in infancy and obesity at age three years, International Journal of Obesity, 38, (1), 2014, p82 - 90
Cousins, G. Layte, R. Ingham, R. McGee, H., Sexual risk-taking at home and on holidays: The importance of context for the late application of condoms, Sexual Health, 10, (5), 2013, p414 - 418
O'Dwyer, V. Layte, R. O'Connor, C. Farah, N. Kennelly, M.M. Turner, M.J., International variation in caesarean section rates and maternal obesity, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 33, (5), 2013, p466 - 470
Layte, R. Sexton, E. Savva, G., Quality of life in older age: Evidence from an Irish cohort study, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, (SUPPL2), 2013, pS299 - S305
Turner, M.J. Layte, R., Obesity levels in a national cohort of women 9 months after delivery, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 209, (2), 2013, p124.e1 - 124.w7
Layte, Richard; McCrory, Cathal, Paediatric Chronic Illness and Educational Failure: the Role of Emotional and Behavioural Problems, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48, (8), 2013, p1307 - 1316
Turner, Michael J.; Layte, Richard, Obesity Levels in a National Cohort of Women Nine Months Postpartum, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 209, (2), 2013, p124.e1 - 124.e7
McCrory, Cathal; Layte, Richard , Testing competing models of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire's (SDQ's) factor structure for the parent-informant instrument, Personality and Individual Differences, 52, (8), 2012, p882 - 887
McCrory, C., & Layte, R., Breastfeeding and risk of overweight and obesity at nine years of age, Social Science and Medicine, 75, (2), 2012, p323 - 330
McAuley, Colette; Layte, Richard, Exploring the Relative Influence of Family Stressors and Socio-Economic Context on Children's Happiness and Well-Being, Child Indicators Research, 5, (3), 2012, p523 - 545
Alice Casey, Richard Layte, Sean Lyons and and Mary Silles, Home computer use and academic performance of 9-year-olds, Oxford Review of Education, 38, (5), 2012, p617 - 634
McCrory, Cathal; Layte, Richard, Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Smoking and Childhood Behavioural Problems: A Quasi-experimental Approach, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, (8), 2012, p1277 - 1288
Keane, Eimear; Layte, Richard; Harrington, Janas; Kearney, Patricia M.; Perry, Ivan J., Measured Parental Weight Status and Familial Socio-Economic Status Correlates with Childhood Overweight and Obesity at Age 9, PLOSone, 7, (8, e43503), 2012
Layte, Richard, The association between Income Inequality and Mental Health: Testing Status Anxiety, Social Capital, and Neo-Materialist Explanations, European Sociological Review, 2011
Layte,Richard; Harrington,Janas; Sexton,Eithne; Perry,Ivan; Cullinan,J.; Lyons,Seán, Irish Exceptionalism? Local Food Environments and Dietary Quality, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65, 2011
O'Sullivan, Vincent; Layte, Richard, Income and Asset Levels of Older People, 2011, - 243-264
Layte Richard, O'Hara Sinead, Bennett Kathleen, Explaining structural change in cardiovascular mortality in Ireland 1995-2005: a time series analysis., European Journal of Public Health, 21, (5), 2011, p597 - 602
Brick, Aoife; Layte, Richard, Exploring Trends in the Rate of Caesarean Section in Ireland 1999-2007, The Economic and Social Review, 42, (4), 2011, p383 - 406
McCrory, C. & Layte, R., The effect of breastfeeding on children's educational test scores at nine years of age: Results of an Irish cohort study, Social Science & Medicine, 72, (5), 2011, p1515 - 1521
Harrington, Janas; Fitzgerald, Anthony P.; Layte, Richard; Lutomski, Jennifer; Molcho, Michal; Perry, Ivan J. , Sociodemographic, Health and Lifestyle Predictors of Poor Diets, Public Health Nutrition, 14, (12), 2011, p2166 - 2175
McCrory, Cathal; Layte Richard, The Effect of Breastfeeding on Children's Educational Test Scores at Nine Years of Age: Results of an Irish Cohort Study, Social Science & Medicine, 2011
Layte, Richard; McCrory, Cathal, Growing Up in Ireland - National Longitudinal Study of Children: Overweight and Obesity Among 9-Year-Olds, Dublin, Stationery Office, November , 2011
Cousins, G. McGee, H. Layte, R., Suppression effects of partner type on the alcohol-risky sex relationship in young irish adults, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71, (3), 2010, p357 - 365
Cousins,Gráinne; McGee,Hannah; Layte,Richard, Suppression Effects of Partner Type on the Alcohol-Risky Sex Relationship, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71, (3), 2010, p357 - 365
Layte,Richard; Clyne,Barbara, Did the Celtic Tiger Decrease Socio-Economic Differentials in Perinatal Mortality in Ireland?, The Economic and Social Review, 41, (2), 2010, p173 - 199
Layte, R., Nolan, A., McGee, H., O'Hanlon, A., Do consultation charges deter general practitioner use among older people? A natural experiment, Social Science and Medicine, 68, (8), 2009, p1432-1438
Layte, R. Whelan, C.T., Explaining social class inequalities in smoking: The role of education, self-efficacy, and deprivation, European Sociological Review, 25, (4), 2009, p399 - 410
Layte,Richard; Nolan,Anne; McGee,Hannah; Hanlon,Ann, Do Consultation Charges Deter General Practitioner Use Among Older People? A Natural Experiment, Social Science & Medicine, 68, (8), 2009, p1432 - 1438
Layte, R. O'Connell, P.J. Russell, H., Temporary jobs in Ireland: Does class influence job quality?, Economic and Social Review, 39, (2), 2008, p81 - 104
McGee, H.M. Molloy, G. O'Hanlon, A. Layte, R. Hickey, A., Older people - Recipients but also providers of informal care: An analysis among community samples in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Health and Social Care in the Community, 16, (5), 2008, p548 - 553
Layte, R. McGee, H. Rundle, K. Leigh, C., Does ambivalence about becoming pregnant explain social class differentials in use of contraception?, European Journal of Public Health, 17, (5), 2007, p477 - 482
Layte, R., Equity in the utilisation of hospital inpatient services in Ireland? An improved approach to the measurement of health need, Economic and Social Review, 38, (2), 2007, p191 - 210
Nordenmark, M. Strandh, M. Layte, R., The impact of unemployment benefit system on the mental well-being of the unemployed in Sweden, Ireland and Great Britain, European Societies, 8, (1), 2006, p83 - 110
Whelan, C.T. Layte, R., Economic boom and social mobility: The Irish experience, 24, (2), 2006, 193 - 208
Layte, R., O'Connell, P., Fahey, T., Mccoy, S., Ireland and economic globalization. The experiences of a small open economy, Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society, 2005, p415-436
Fouarge, D. Layte, R., Welfare regimes and poverty dynamics: The duration and recurrence of poverty spells in Europe, Journal of Social Policy, 34, (3), 2005, p407 - 426
Whelan, C.T. Layte, R. Maôtre, B., Understanding the mismatch between income poverty and deprivation: A dynamic comparative analysis, European Sociological Review, 20, (4), 2004, p287 - 302
Layte, R., Whelan, C.T., Class Transformation and Trends in Social Fluidity in the Republic of Ireland 1973-94, Social Mobility in Europe, 2004
Layte, R. Nolan, B., Equity in the utilisation of health care in Ireland, Economic and Social Review, 35, (2), 2004, p111 - 134
Kunst, A.E. Bos, V. Andersen, O. Cardano, M. Costa, G. Harding, S. Hemström, Ö. Layte, R. Regidor, E. Reid, A. Santana, P. Valkonen, T. Mackenbach, J.P., Monitoring of trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: Experiences from a European project, Demographic Research, 10, (SUPPL. 2), 2004, p229 - 254
Korpi, T. De Graaf, P. Hendrickx, J. Layte, R., Vocational training and career employment precariousness in Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden, Acta Sociologica, 46, (1), 2003, p17 - 30
Whelan, C.T. Layte, R. Maitre, B., Persistent income poverty and deprivation in the European Union: An analysis of the first three waves of the European community household panel, Journal of Social Policy, 32, (1), 2003, p1 - 18
Whelan, C.T. Layte, R. Maître, B., Multiple deprivation and persistent poverty in the European Union, Journal of European Social Policy, 12, (2), 2002, p91 - 105
Whelan, C.T. Layte, R., Late Industrialization and the Increased Merit Selection Hypothesis: Ireland as a Test Case, European Sociological Review, 18, (1), 2002, p35 - 50+i
Layte, R. Nolan, B. Whelan, C.T., Reassessing income and deprivation approaches to the measurement of poverty in the Republic of Ireland, Economic and Social Review, 32, (3), 2001, p239 - 261
Layte, R. Whelan, C.T. Maître, B. Nolan, B., Explaining levels of deprivation in the European Union, Acta Sociologica, 44, (2), 2001, pX - 120
Whelan, C.T. Layte, R. Maître, B. Nolan, B., Income, deprivation, and economic strain an analysis of the European community household panel, European Sociological Review, 17, (4), 2001, p357 - 372
Layte, R. Jenkinson, C., Normative data for the SF-12 health survey in the Republic of Ireland with comparisons to England, Irish Journal of Psychology, 22, (1), 2001, p63 - 72
Layte, R. Maître, B. Nolan, B. Whelan, C.T., Persistent and consistent poverty in the 1994 and 1995 waves of the European community household panel survey, Review of Income and Wealth, 47, (4), 2001, p427 - 449
Layte, R. Callan, T., Unemployment, welfare benefits and the financial incentive to work, Economic and Social Review, 32, (2), 2001, p103 - 129
Layte, R. Nolan, B. Whelan, C.T., Targeting poverty: Lessons from monitoring Ireland's national anti-poverty strategy, Journal of Social Policy, 29, (4), 2000, p553 - 575
Layte, R., Gendered equity? Comparing explanations of women's satisfaction with the domestic division of labour, Work, Employment and Society, 12, (3), 1998, p511 - 532
Jenkinson, C. Layte, R., Development and testing of the UK SF-12, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2, (1), 1997, p14 - 18
Stewart-Brown, S. Layte, R., Emotional health problems are the most important cause of disability in adults of working age: A study in the four counties of the old Oxford region, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 51, (6), 1997, p672 - 675
Jenkinson, C. Jenkinson, D. Shepperd, S. Layte, R. Petersen, S., Evaluation of treatment for congestive heart failure in patents aged 60 years and older using generic measures of health status (SF-36 and COOP charts), Age and Ageing, 26, (1), 1997, p7 - 13
Jenkinson, C. Gray, A. Doll, H. Lawrence, K. Keoghane, S. Layte, R., Evaluation of Index and Profile Measures of Health Status in a Randomized Controlled Trial: Comparison of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, EuroQol, and Disease Specific Measures, Medical Care, 35, (11), 1997, p1109 - 1118
Jenkinson, C. Layte, R. Lawrence, K., Development and Testing of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Summary Scale Scores in the United Kingdom: Results from a Large-Scale Survey and a Clinical Trial, Medical Care, 35, (4), 1997, p410 - 416
Jenkinson, C. Layte, R. Jenkinson, D. Lawrence, K. Petersen, S. Paice, C. Stradling, J., A shorter form health survey: Can the SF-12 replicate results from the SF-36 in longitudinal studies?, Journal of Public Health Medicine, 19, (2), 1997, p179 - 186
Jenkinson, C. Layte, R. Coulter, A. Wright, L., Evidence for the sensitivity of the SF-36 health status measure to inequalities in health: Results from the Oxford healthy lifestyles survey, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 50, (3), 1996, p377 - 380
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Mark Ward, Richard Layte, Rose Anne Kenny, Loneliness, social isolation, and their discordance among older adults, TILDA, October, 2019, p1-52-
Layte, R. and Landy, D., The Fighting Irish? Explaining the Temporal Pattern of Social Protest during Ireland's Fiscal Crisis 2008-2014, Sociology, 52, (6), 2018, p1270 - 1289, p20
Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne, Socioeconomic Inequalities in Child Health in Ireland, 2013
Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne, Income-Related Inequity in the Use of GP Services: A Comparison of Ireland and Scotland, 2013
Layte, Richard, A Good News Story About Irish Health Care, 2011, -
McCrory, Cathal; Layte, Richard, Investing in Child Health and Development: The Impact of Breastfeeding on Children's School Performance, 2011, -
Layte, Richard, Should We Be Worried About Income Inequality in Ireland?, 2011, -
Alan Barrett, George Savva, Virpi Timonen and Rose Anne Kenny (eds), Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, May, 2011
Layte, Richard, Creating a Health Promoting Environment: The Role of Food , 2011, -
Research Expertise
Description
Richard Layte is Professor of Sociology, Head of the Department of Sociology and a Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute. Much of his work stems from a core interest in the structure of social and economic stratification in modern societies and its impact on individual life-chances, health and well-being. His research examines the fundamental processes which influence the distribution of health and well-being in societies and how these are shaped by political economy and the structure and functioning of health care systems. He has a particular interest in improving understanding of how family background influences child health and development and the impact this has on the child's educational outcomes, adult health and life expectancy. Recent work has examined whether the 'Great Recession' in Ireland had an effect on child health and development (the short answer is that it did in several very important ways), the pathways and mechanisms through which these effects occurred and the implications of this for life course models of health and well-being. He has a keen interest in the intersection of social, psychological and biological science and works with colleagues across a range of disciplines. This is most evident in recent work for the LIFEPATH Project (https://www.lifepathproject.eu/). Richard Layte's work also examines the possible policy applications of academic research. He has done extensive work on health care systems and the role that public policy can play in improving individual and population health and well-being. He has published widely on all these issues both in Ireland and internationally in both the academic and policy domains.Projects
- Title
- TeenPath: Social Environment, Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents in Ireland
- Summary
- A person's physical growth, psychological development and personal behaviours in adolescence are the foundation upon which the life course is built. Health behaviours established in adolescence will likely continue into adulthood with long-term implications for health and life-expectancy. For example, 80% of teenagers measured as obese will remain obese as adults and so experience a substantially higher risk of disease later in life. Health and psychological development in adolescence can also have life-long consequences if they obstruct the person's acquisition of important skills and educational qualifications. Educational failure brings with it more unemployment, lower pay and a greater risk of experiencing poverty across the life-course, all of which are associated with worse psychological and physical health and well-being. This project seeks to understand how family, neighbourhood environment and parental social and economic position interact with individual characteristics such as such as sex, personality and temperament to shape mental health, health behaviours and educational outcomes at the end of secondary schooling and the cusp of adulthood. We ask three inter-linked questions: "how do peer relationships and exposure to social media influence the risk of developing anxiety and depression?"; "how do family, neighbourhood and individual characteristics shape the development of health behaviours such as diet, exercise, smoking and alcohol consumption?"; "did the financial crisis and recession experienced in Ireland between 2008 and 2014 influenced educational outcomes at the end of senior cycle and if so, how?" The project will use innovative statistical methods and quasi-experimental designs to analyse large-scale, longitudinal data from two national cohort studies following child development from birth to 18 years. Research findings from this project will provide evidence about what factors in the child's environment in childhood and adolescence are modifiable and so possible targets for changes in policy and practice.
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- January 1st 2020
- Date To
- December 31 2021
- Title
- An allostatic load framework for understanding social differences in health and mortality
- Summary
- The life course approach recognises that SES is an important determinant of a wide range of material, behavioural, environmental, and psychosocial exposures that shape health through multiple, complex and interacting pathways. The pernicious effects of living in low SES environments can be seen every major organ system of the body prompting some investigators to suggest that SES may operate through general mechanisms that contribute to a range of biological processes affecting multiple organ systems. Allostatic Load (AL) has been posited as a potential explanatory framework for understanding the biological embedding of SES over the life course. We propose to examine the theoretical and empirical utility of AL as an intermediate construct on the pathway between SES and health using The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- December 2017
- Date To
- December 2021
- Title
- Improving Obstetric Practice Through Understanding Variation in Caesarean Section Rates in Irish Maternity Hospitals
- Summary
- Over the past 35 years there has been a sustained increase in the Caesarean section (CS) rate in developed countries including Ireland. In 1993, the Department of Health and Children in Ireland reported a CS rate of 13%. By 1999, the next year for which data are available, the rate was 20.4%, increasing to 26.9% by 2009. To date there has been little research on trends in CS in Ireland. In a recent publication the WHO (WHO et al 2009) have stated that there is no empirical evidence for an optimum percentage but questions remain as to why CS rates have been increasing over time. Significant variation in CS rates across hospitals in Ireland also raise concerns about the efficacy of the procedure in some instances. Rates of CS in Irish hospitals varied from 18.6% to 36.4% in 2009 and all but 3 of the 19 maternity units in the Irish hospital system experienced an increase in their CS rate over the period from 1999 to 2009. This project uses linked data from two national databases, the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry scheme (HIPE) and the National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS) and an in depth prospective study from a large Dublin maternity hospital to investigate the factors that explain the increase in CS in Ireland and the pattern of variation across Irish hospitals. The project will investigate the role of changing maternal characteristics (e.g. increasing age, lower parity (previous births) and obesity), clinical risk factors for CS (e.g. malpresentation, pre-eclampsia, diabetes), changing clinical practices and organisational structures (e.g. private practice, staffing and policy). By understanding the processes associated with growing use of CS in Irish maternity hospitals the project will contribute to the development and improvement of policy and practice in maternity care.
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- 2012
- Date To
- 2015
- Title
- Trends in Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality Differentials in Ireland 1986-2006'
- Summary
- The presence of pronounced inequalities in mortality and life expectancy across income, education and social class groups is now well established both in Ireland and internationally. Analyses of Irish data from the 1980s and 1990s show that Irish men in unskilled manual jobs had a mortality rate almost three times higher than men in higher professional occupations. Unfortunately, the most recent year for which information on socio-economic inequalities in mortality have been analysed is 1996 and we have no research on what happened in the following decade when employment grew by over 55%, unemployment shrank by over 60% and long term unemployment fell by almost 80%. In the same period Irish gross national product increased from 60 per cent of the EU average to 110 per cent and real incomes, adjusted for inflation, increased across the entire income distribution. Ireland's overall mortality rate had been falling steadily for a number of decades before 1996 but the rate of reduction accelerated significantly around 1999. Research suggests this change can be explained by significantly reduced mortality from circulatory diseases, particularly during the winter months and that this may have be been influenced by the introduction of free primary care for the over 70s in 2001 along with changes in the pattern of cardiovascular prescribing. It is not known what impact this change in circulatory mortality patterns had on socio-economic inequalities in mortality. Methodological problems have hindered past research on mortality differentials. In this proposal we develop solutions to these problems and set out a programme of research on trends in mortality differentials between 1986 and 2006 and variations in trends by cause and geographic location. Only by understanding recent trends will we gain insight into the causes of mortality differentials in Ireland and develop interventions to improve the health and longevity of all social groups.
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- 2012
- Date To
- 2015
- Title
- 'The Longitudinal Analysis of Child Health and Development in Ireland
- Summary
- Across developed nations two pronounced social regularities have emerged in research over the last two decades. The first is the intergenerational transmission of earnings, education and occupational class. Economic and sociological studies suggest that the association between the income and social class of family of origin and own occupational class and income are substantial and may not have declined to any significant extent over the last half century. Research suggests that they may even have increased. The second regularity is the persistent differential in health and mortality across socio-economic groups that have been shown to exist within developed countries. Studies suggest that although exposure to adversity over the life course contributes to adult health inequalities, conditions early life may be particularly important for specific diseases. Studies have largely assumed that adult socio-economic differentials in health result from the interaction of the two regularities identified above operating across the life course. That is, material conditions throughout life accumulate to produce adult health whilst the intergenerational transmission of income, education and class increases the probability that both poor health and social disadvantage will tend to accumulate among those from lower income and social class backgrounds. In this project we investigate whether socio-economic inequalities in childhood health may actually contribute to adult socio-economic position through a process of 'health selection'. Using two large child cohort studies: the "Growing Up in Ireland Survey" from the Republic of Ireland and the "Millennium Cohort" from Northern Ireland the project will measure the extent of inequalities in child health and their determinants. We will then study the manner in which child health inequalities contribute to inequalities in cognitive and educational development across children and the mediating role played by family background, community and institutional structures across the two jurisdictions.
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- 2010
- Date To
- 2014
- Title
- Growing Up in Ireland
- Funding Agency
- Dept.of Children and Youth Affairs
- Date From
- 2007
- Date To
- 2014
- Title
- The Second European Quality of Life Survey: Social Exclusion, Living Conditions and Mental Well-Being'
- Funding Agency
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Title
- the Impact of Demographic Change on the Demand for and Delivery of Healthcare in Ireland to 2020
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- 2008
- Date To
- 2010
- Title
- Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships
- Funding Agency
- Crisis Pregnancy Agency
- Date From
- 2006
- Date To
- 2008
- Title
- Slán', the National Health and Lifetsyle Survey
- Funding Agency
- funded by the Dept. of Health and Children
- Date From
- 2006
- Date To
- 2008
- Title
- Slán', the National Health and Lifestyle Survey
- Funding Agency
- funded by the Dept. of Health and Children
- Date From
- 2006
- Date To
- 2008
- Title
- Sports Monitoring Study
- Funding Agency
- Irish Sports Council
- Date From
- 2007
- Date To
- 2010
- Title
- Scoping Study for Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Survey Toward Relationships, Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Young People In Ireland
- Funding Agency
- Crisis Pregnancy Agency
- Date From
- 2006
- Date To
- 2007
- Title
- Retrospective Analysis of Sports Participation
- Funding Agency
- Irish Sports Council
- Date From
- 2006
Recognition
Representations
2013-Present Member of the Economic and Social Studies Council
2012-Present Director, Centre for Longitudinal Studies in Ireland (www.clsi.ie)
2007-Present Member, Steering Committee, The Longitudinal Study of Ageing ('TILDA').
2012-Present Country Representative - Society for Lifecourse and Longitudinal Studies.
2005-Present Member of the Management Committee and Theme Director of the Irish Longitudinal Study of Children (Growing Up in Ireland).
2004-Present Governing Council European Consortium for Sociological Research.