Professor Richard Layte

• 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 - 696Journal Article, 2015, URL
• 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-Journal Article, 2015
• 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 - 27Journal Article, 2015
• Nolan, A. and Layte, R. , The 'Healthy Immigrant Effect': Breastfeeding Behaviour in Ireland, European Journal of Public Health, 25, (4), 2015, p626 - 631Journal Article, 2015
• 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, p463-73Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, 2015Journal Article, 2015
• 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 - 11Journal Article, 2014
• Layte, R. and McCrory, C. , Maternal Health Behaviours and Child Growth in Infancy, 4, Dublin, Dept. of Children and Youth Affairs, February, 2015Report, 2015
• 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 - 458Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Layte, R & Banks, J., McKnight, G. & Walsh, C., Socioeconomic Differentials in Male Mortality In Ireland: 1984-2008, Economic and Social Review, 2016Journal Article, 2016
• 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 - 2016Journal Article, 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 - 5Journal Article, 2016, URL
• 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 - 486Journal Article, 2016
• 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 - 760Journal Article, 2016, URL
• 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 - 777Journal Article, 2016, URL
• 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 - 11Journal Article, 2017
• 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, 2017Journal Article, 2017, URL
• 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, p399-428Journal Article, 2015
• Nolan, A., Layte, R., The 'healthy immigrant effect': Breastfeeding behaviour in Ireland, European Journal of Public Health, 25, (4), 2015, p626-631Journal Article, 2015
• 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-S68Journal Article, 2014
• 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, p415-436Journal Article, 2005
• Layte, R., Whelan, C.T., Class Transformation and Trends in Social Fluidity in the Republic of Ireland 1973-94, Social Mobility in Europe, 2004Journal Article, 2004
• 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, p1432-1438Journal Article, 2009
• 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 - 15Journal Article, 2017, URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 100Journal Article, 2017
• 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, 2017Journal Article, 2017
• 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 - 10Journal Article, 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 - 989Journal Article, 2017, URL
• 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 - 439Journal Article, 2017, URL
• 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 pressJournal Article, 2018, URL
• 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 - 16395Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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, 4:23337214Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 1289Journal Article, 2018
• 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 - k1046Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 989Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
• Layte, R. and McCrory, C., Fiscal Crises and Personal Troubles: The Great Recession in Ireland and Family Processes, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2018Journal Article, 2018
• 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 - 6Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p64-73Journal Article, 2019
• 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 - 237Journal Article, 2019
• 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 - 102Journal Article, 2019
• 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, 2019Journal Article, 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, 2019Journal Article, 2019
• 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, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, 2019Journal Article, 2019
• 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, 2020Journal Article, 2020
• 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, 2019Journal Article, 2019
• Gusciute, E; Muhlau, P & Layte, R., Discrimination in the rental housing market: a field experiment in Ireland, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2021, p1 - 22Journal Article, 2021
• Gusciute, E; Muhlau, P & Layte, R., All Welcome Here? Attitudes towards Muslim Migrants in Europe, International Migration, 2020, p1 - 17Journal Article, 2020
• 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 - 22Journal Article, 2021
• 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 - 22Journal Article, 2021
• Layte, R., Does Family Economic Strain Reduce Child Educational Achievement? A Longitudinal Assessment Using the Great Recession in Ireland, European Sociological Review, 2021, p1 - 20Journal Article, 2021
• 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 - 12Journal Article, 2022, URL
• 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 - 13Journal Article, 2022
• 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 - 6Journal Article, 2022
• 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 - 20Journal Article, 2022
• 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, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Layte, R., Brannigan, R. and Stanistreet, D., Digital engagement and adolescent depression: A longitudinal mediation analysis adjusting for selection, Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2023Journal Article, 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 - 9Journal Article, 2023
• McEvoy, O. and Layte, R., Bringing the Group Back in: Social Class and Resistance in Adolescent Smoking, Sociology of Health & Illness, 47, (1), 2024, p1 - 22Journal Article, 2024
• 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 - 1438Journal Article, 2009, DOI
• 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 - 602Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• 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, 2011Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• 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 - 365Journal Article, 2010
• 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 - 199Journal Article, 2010
• 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, 2011Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• O'Sullivan, Vincent; Layte, Richard, Income and Asset Levels of Older People, 2011, - 243-264Miscellaneous, 2011
• Layte, Richard, The association between Income Inequality and Mental Health: Testing Status Anxiety, Social Capital, and Neo-Materialist Explanations, European Sociological Review, 2011Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• 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 - 406Journal Article, 2011
• 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 - 887Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• 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 - 2175Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• McCrory, C., & Layte, R., Breastfeeding and risk of overweight and obesity at nine years of age, Social Science and Medicine, 75, (2), 2012, p323 - 330Journal Article, 2012, TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 634Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• 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 - 1316Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Layte, Richard; McCrory, Cathal, Growing Up in Ireland - National Longitudinal Study of Children: Overweight and Obesity Among 9-Year-Olds, Dublin, Stationery Office, November , 2011Report, 2011, TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 545Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• 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 - 1288Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• 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), 2012Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• 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 - 1521Journal Article, 2011
• 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.e7Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• 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 - 362Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Dominguez Castro, Patricia; Layte, Richard; Kearney, John, Ethnic Variation in Breastfeeding and Complimentary Feeding in the Republic of Ireland, Nutrients, 6, (5), 2014, p1832 - 1849Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• 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, p687-696Journal Article, 2015, URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 90Journal Article, 2014, URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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, 2014Journal Article, 2014
• Layte, R., Nolan, A.,, Socioeconomic Inequalities in Child Health in Ireland, Economic and Social Review, 45, (1), 2014, p25 - 64Journal Article, 2014, URL
• 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, 2014Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• 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 - 535Journal Article, 2014, URL
• 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.w7Journal Article, 2013, URL
• 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 - 470Journal Article, 2013, URL
• 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 - 365Journal Article, 2010, URL
• 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 - 410Journal Article, 2009, URL
• 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 - 104Journal Article, 2008, URL
• 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 - 482Journal Article, 2007, URL
• 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 - 210Journal Article, 2007, URL
• Whelan, C.T. Layte, R., Economic boom and social mobility: The Irish experience, 24, (2), 2006, 193 - 208Miscellaneous, 2006, URL
• 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 - 110Journal Article, 2006, URL
• 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 - 426Journal Article, 2005, URL
• 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 - 418Journal Article, 2013, URL
• 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 - S305Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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 - 553Journal Article, 2008, URL
• 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 - 302Journal Article, 2004, URL
• Layte, R. Nolan, B., Equity in the utilisation of health care in Ireland, Economic and Social Review, 35, (2), 2004, p111 - 134Journal Article, 2004, URL
• 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 - 254Journal Article, 2004, URL
• 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 - 30Journal Article, 2003, URL
• 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 - 18Journal Article, 2003, URL
• 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 - 105Journal Article, 2002, URL
• 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+iJournal Article, 2002, URL
• 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 - 372Journal Article, 2001, URL
• 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 - 449Journal Article, 2001, URL
• 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 - 261Journal Article, 2001, URL
• Layte, R. Whelan, C.T. Maître, B. Nolan, B., Explaining levels of deprivation in the European Union, Acta Sociologica, 44, (2), 2001, pX - 120Journal Article, 2001, URL
• Layte, R. Callan, T., Unemployment, welfare benefits and the financial incentive to work, Economic and Social Review, 32, (2), 2001, p103 - 129Journal Article, 2001, URL
• 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 - 72Journal Article, 2001, URL
• 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 - 575Journal Article, 2000, URL
• Layte, R., Gendered equity? Comparing explanations of women's satisfaction with the domestic division of labour, Work, Employment and Society, 12, (3), 1998, p511 - 532Journal Article, 1998, URL
• 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 - 675Journal Article, 1997, URL
• 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 - 1118Journal Article, 1997, URL
• 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 - 186Journal Article, 1997, URL
• 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 - 13Journal Article, 1997, URL
• 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 - 416Journal Article, 1997, URL
• Jenkinson, C. Layte, R., Development and testing of the UK SF-12, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2, (1), 1997, p14 - 18Journal Article, 1997, URL
• 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 - 380Journal Article, 1996, URL

• 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, p20Journal Article, URL
• Mark Ward, Richard Layte, Rose Anne Kenny, Loneliness, social isolation, and their discordance among older adults, TILDA, October, 2019, p1-52-Report, URL , TARA - Full Text
• 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, 2011Report, TARA - Full Text
• Layte, Richard, A Good News Story About Irish Health Care, 2011, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
• Layte, Richard, Creating a Health Promoting Environment: The Role of Food , 2011, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
• Layte, Richard, Should We Be Worried About Income Inequality in Ireland?, 2011, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
• McCrory, Cathal; Layte, Richard, Investing in Child Health and Development: The Impact of Breastfeeding on Children's School Performance, 2011, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
• Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne, Socioeconomic Inequalities in Child Health in Ireland, 2013Working Paper, TARA - Full Text
• Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne, Income-Related Inequity in the Use of GP Services: A Comparison of Ireland and Scotland, 2013Working Paper, TARA - Full Text

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.

• Title

  the Impact of Demographic Change on the Demand for and Delivery of Healthcare in Ireland to 2020
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  2008
  Date To

  2010
• 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

  Retrospective Analysis of Sports Participation
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Irish Sports Council
  Date From

  2006
• 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

  Scoping Study for Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Survey Toward Relationships, Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Young People In Ireland
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Crisis Pregnancy Agency
  Date From

  2006
  Date To

  2007
• 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

  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

  Slán', the National Health and Lifestyle Survey
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  funded by the Dept. of Health and Children
  Date From

  2006
  Date To

  2008
• Title

  Slán', the National Health and Lifetsyle Survey
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  funded by the Dept. of Health and Children
  Date From

  2006
  Date To

  2008
• Title

  Growing Up in Ireland
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Dept.of Children and Youth Affairs
  Date From

  2007
  Date To

  2014
• Title

  Sports Monitoring Study
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Irish Sports Council
  Date From

  2007
  Date To

  2010
• 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

  The Second European Quality of Life Survey: Social Exclusion, Living Conditions and Mental Well-Being'
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
• Title

  Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Crisis Pregnancy Agency
  Date From

  2006
  Date To

  2008

• 2004-Present Governing Council European Consortium for Sociological Research.
• 2013-Present Member of the Economic and Social Studies Council
• 2005-Present Member of the Management Committee and Theme Director of the Irish Longitudinal Study of Children (Growing Up in Ireland).
• 2007-Present Member, Steering Committee, The Longitudinal Study of Ageing ('TILDA').
• 2012-Present Country Representative - Society for Lifecourse and Longitudinal Studies.
• 2007-Present Member, Steering Committee, The Longitudinal Study of Ageing ('TILDA').
• 2012-Present Director, Centre for Longitudinal Studies in Ireland (www.clsi.ie)
• 2012-Present Country Representative - Society for Lifecourse and Longitudinal Studies.
• 2012-Present Director, Centre for Longitudinal Studies in Ireland (www.clsi.ie)
• 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.
• 2013-Present Member of the Economic and Social Studies Council