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Race/Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood BMI, Obesity and Overweight in the UK and US. International Journal of Obesity , 39 pp. 520-529. 10.1038/ijo.2014.171. Green open access
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Anderson, SE; Sacker, A; Whitaker, RC; Kelly, Y; (2017) Self-regulation and household routines at age three and obesity at age eleven: longitudinal analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Obesity , 41 pp. 1459-1466. 10.1038/ijo.2017.94. Green open access
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Bartley, M; Sacker, A; Clarke, P; (2004) Employment status, employment conditions, and limiting illness: prospective evidence from the British household panel survey 1991-2001. J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H , 58 (6) 501 - 506. 10.1136/jech.2003.009878. Green open access
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Benson, R; Glaser, K; Corna, L; Platts, L; Di Gessa, G; Worts, D; Price, D; ... Sacker, A; + view all (2017) Do Work and Family Care Histories Predict Health in Older Women? European Journal of Public Health , 27 (6) pp. 1010-1015. 10.1093/eurpub/ckx128. Green open access
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Bird, L; Sacker, A; McMunn, A; (2020) Relationship Satisfaction and Concordance in Attitudes to Maternal Employment in British Couples with Young Children. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , 37 (7) pp. 2184-2204. 10.1177/0265407520919987. Green open access
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Cable, N; Kelly, Y; Bartley, M; Sato, Y; Sacker, A; (2014) Critical role of smoking and household dampness during childhood for adult phlegm and cough: a research example from a prospective cohort study in Great Britain. BMJ Open , 4 (4) , Article 004807. 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004807. Green open access
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Cable, N; Mawditt, C; Sacker, A; Britton, A; Kelly, Y; (2019) The stability of health-related behaviour clustering during mid-adulthood and the influence of social circumstances on health-related behaviour change. Preventive Medicine , 121 pp. 141-148. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.02.009. Green open access
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Cable, N; Sacker, A; (2019) Validating overcrowding measures using the UK Household Longitudinal Study. SSM - Population Health , 8 , Article 100439. 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100439. Green open access
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Canvin, K; MacLeod, C; Sacker, A; Windle, G; (2018) Seeking assistance in later life: how do older people evaluate their need for assistance? Age and Ageing , 47 (3) pp. 466-473. 10.1093/ageing/afx189. Green open access
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Del Bono, E; Francesconi, M; Kelly, Y; Sacker, A; (2016) Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes. The Economic Journal , 126 (596) F96-F135. 10.1111/ecoj.12342. Green open access
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Di Gessa, G; Corna, LM; Platts, LG; Worts, D; McDonough, P; Sacker, A; Price, D; (2017) Is being in paid work beyond state pension age beneficial for health? Evidence from England using a life-course approach. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 71 (5) pp. 431-438. 10.1136/jech-2016-208086. Green open access
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Flint, E; Cummins, S; Sacker, A; (2014) Associations between active commuting, body fat, and body mass index: population based, cross sectional study in the United Kingdom. BMJ , 349 g4887. 10.1136/bmj.g4887. Green open access
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Gagné, T; Schoon, I; McMunn, A; Sacker, A; (2021) Mental distress among young adults in Great Britain: long-term trends and early changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 10.1007/s00127-021-02194-7. (In press). Green open access
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Gagne, T; Schoon, I; Sacker, A; (2021) Has the distribution of smoking across young adult transition milestones changed over the past 20 years? Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study (1996) and Next Steps (2015-16). SSM - Population Health , 16 , Article 100941. 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100941. (In press). Green open access
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Gagné, T; Schoon, I; Sacker, A; (2021) Trends in young adults' mental distress and its association with employment: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993-2019. Preventive Medicine , 150 , Article 106691. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106691. Green open access
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Gagné, T; Sacker, A; Schoon, I; (2021) Changes in Patterns of Social Role Combinations at Ages 25-26 among Those Growing Up in England between 1996 and 2015-16: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort and Next Steps Studies. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 10.1007/s10964-021-01477-1. (In press). Green open access
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Gagné, T; Schoon, I; Sacker, A; (2020) Health and voting over the course of adulthood: Evidence from two British birth cohorts. SSM - Population Health , 10 , Article 100531. 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100531. Green open access
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Gireesh, Aswathikutty; Sacker, Amanda; McMunn, Anne; Bhatt, Rikesh; Cadar, Dorina; (2024) Socioeconomic inequalities linked to the transitioning to neurocognitive disorders and mortality. Scientific Reports , 14 , Article 24690. 10.1038/s41598-024-74125-w. Green open access
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Goisis, A; Sacker, A; Kelly, Y; (2016) Why are poorer children at higher risk of obesity and overweight? A UK cohort study. European Journal of Public Health , 26 (1) pp. 7-13. 10.1093/eurpub/ckv219. Green open access
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Hassan, MA; Lund, VJ; Howard, DJ; Sackert, AA; (2007) Are the demographics for squamous cell cancer in the head and neck changing in the United Kingdom? Journal of Laryngology and Otology , 121 (2) 154 - 157. 10.1017/S0022215106004087. Green open access
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Heinz, Walter; Blane, David; Clarke, Paul; Dannefer, Dale; Mortimer, Jeylan; Robertson, Tony; Sacker, Amanda; ... Spini, Dario; + view all (2025) The legacy of John Bynner. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies , 16 (4) pp. 550-564. 10.1332/17579597Y2025D000000059.

Hosozawa, M; Cable, N; Kelly, Y; Sacker, A; (2021) Gestational age on trajectories of social competence difficulties into adolescence. Archives of Disease in Childhood 10.1136/archdischild-2020-321317. (In press). Green open access
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Hosozawa, M; Sacker, A; Cable, N; (2020) Timing of diagnosis, depression and self-harm in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Autism 10.1177/1362361320945540. (In press). Green open access
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Hosozawa, M; Sacker, A; Mandy, W; Midouhas, E; Flouri, E; Cable, N; (2020) Determinants of an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in childhood and adolescence: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Autism 10.1177/1362361320913671. (In press). Green open access
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Kelly, Y; Britton, A; Cable, N; Sacker, A; Watt, RG; (2016) Drunkenness and heavy drinking among 11 year olds - findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Preventive Medicine , 90 pp. 139-142. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.07.010. Green open access
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Kelly, Y; Goisis, A; Sacker, A; Cable, N; Watt, RG; Britton, A; (2016) What influences 11-year-olds to drink? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. BMC Public Health , 16 , Article 169. 10.1186/s12889-016-2847-x. Green open access
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Kelly, Y; Iacovou, M; Quigley, MA; Gray, R; Wolke, D; Kelly, J; Sacker, A; (2013) Light drinking versus abstinence in pregnancy - behavioural and cognitive outcomes in 7-year-old children: a longitudinal cohort study. BJOG , 120 (11) 1340 - 1347. 10.1111/1471-0528.12246. Green open access
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Kelly, Y; Kelly, J; Sacker, A; (2013) Time for bed: associations with cognitive performance in 7-year-old children: a longitudinal population-based study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 67 (11) pp. 926-931. 10.1136/jech-2012-202024. Green open access
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Kelly, Y; Patalay, P; Montgomery, S; Sacker, A; (2016) BMI Development and Early Adolescent Psychosocial Well-Being: UK Millennium Cohort Study. Pediatrics , 138 (6) , Article e20160967. 10.1542/peds.2016-0967. Green open access
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Kelly, Y; Sacker, A; Gray, R; Kelly, J; Wolke, D; Quigley, MA; (2009) Light drinking in pregnancy, a risk for behavioural problems and cognitive deficits at 3 years of age? INT J EPIDEMIOL , 38 (1) 129 - 140. 10.1093/ije/dyn230. Green open access
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Kelly, Y; Zilanawala, A; booker, C; Sacker, A; (2018) Social Media Use and Adolescent Mental Health: Findings From the UK Millennium Cohort Study. EClinicalMedicine , 6 pp. 59-68. 10.1016/j.eclinm.2018.12.005. Green open access
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Kelly, Y; Zilanawala, A; Sacker, A; Hiatt, R; Viner, R; (2017) Early puberty in 11-year-old girls: Millennium Cohort Study findings. Archives of Disease in Childhood , 102 (3) pp. 232-237. 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310475. Green open access
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Lacey, R; Kumari, M; Sacker, A; McMunn, A; (2017) Age at first birth and cardiovascular risk factors in the 1958 British birth cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 71 (7) pp. 691-698. 10.1136/jech-2016-208196. Green open access
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Lacey, R; Stafford, M; Sacker, A; McMunn, A; (2016) Work-Family Life Courses and Subjective Wellbeing in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (the 1946 British birth cohort study). Journal of Population Ageing , 9 (1) pp. 69-89. 10.1007/s12062-015-9126-y. Green open access
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Lacey, RE; Kumari, M; Sacker, A; Stafford, M; Kuh, D; McMunn, A; (2016) Work-Family Life Courses and Metabolic Markers in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development. PLOS ONE , 11 (8) 10.1371/journal.pone.0161923. Green open access
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Lacey, RE; Sacker, A; Bell, S; Kumari, M; Worts, D; McDonough, P; Kuh, D; (2016) Work-family life courses and BMI trajectories in three British birth cohorts. International Journal of Obesity , 41 pp. 332-339. 10.1038/ijo.2016.197. Green open access
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Lacey, RE; Sacker, A; Kumari, M; Worts, D; McDonough, P; Booker, C; McMunn, A; (2016) Work-family life courses and markers of stress and inflammation in mid-life: evidence from the National Child Development Study. International Journal of Epidemiology , 45 (4) pp. 1247-1259. 10.1093/ije/dyv205. Green open access
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Lu, W; Benson, R; Glaser, K; Platts, L; Corna, L; Worts, D; McDonough, P; ... Sacker, A; + view all (2016) Relationship between employment histories and frailty trajectories in later life: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health , 71 (5) pp. 439-445. 10.1136/jech-2016-207887. Green open access
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Lu, W; Pikhart, H; Sacker, A; (2019) Comparing socio-economic inequalities in healthy ageing in the United States of America, England, China and Japan: evidence from four longitudinal studies of ageing. Ageing & Society 10.1017/s0144686x19001740. (In press). Green open access
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Lu, W; Pikhart, H; Sacker, A; (2018) Domains and Measurements of Healthy Aging in Epidemiological Studies: A Review. [Review]. The Gerontologist 10.1093/geront/gny029/. (In press). Green open access
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Lu, W; Sacker, A; (2020) A Case Study of the Application of a Multilevel Growth Curve Model and the Prediction of Health Trajectories. SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health 10.4135/9781529734058. Green open access
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Mawditt, C; Sacker, A; Britton, A; Kelly, Y; Cable, N; (2016) The clustering of health-related behaviours in a British population sample: testing for cohort differences. Preventive Medicine , 88 pp. 95-107. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.03.003. Green open access
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McDonough, P; Worts, D; Booker, C; McMunn, A; Sacker, A; (2015) Cumulative disadvantage, employment-marriage, and health inequalities among American and British mothers. Advances in Life Course Research , 25 pp. 49-66. 10.1016/j.alcr.2015.05.004. Green open access
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McDonough, P; Worts, D; Corna, LM; McMunn, AM; Sacker, A; (2017) Later-life employment trajectories and health. Advances in Life Course Research , 34 pp. 22-33. 10.1016/j.alcr.2017.09.002. Green open access
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McMunn, A; Lacey, R; Worts, D; Kuh, D; McDonough, P; Sacker, A; (2021) Work-family life courses and psychological distress: Evidence from three British birth cohort studies. Advances in Life Course Research , Article 100429. 10.1016/j.alcr.2021.100429. (In press). Green open access
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McMunn, A; Bird, L; Webb, E; Sacker, A; (2019) Gender Divisions of Paid and Unpaid Work in Contemporary UK Couples. Work, Employment and Society 10.1177/0950017019862153. (In press). Green open access
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McMunn, A; Lacey, R; Worts, D; McDonough, P; Stafford, M; Booker, C; Kumari, M; (2015) De-standardization and gender convergence in work–family life courses in Great Britain: A multi-channel sequence analysis. Advances in Life Course Research , 26 pp. 60-75. 10.1016/j.alcr.2015.06.002. Green open access
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McMunn, A; Lacey, RE; Kumari, M; Worts, D; McDonough, P; Sacker, A; (2016) Work-family life courses and metabolic markers in mid-life: evidence from the British National Child Development Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 70 (5) pp. 481-487. 10.1136/jech-2015-206036. Green open access
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McMunn, AM; Martin, P; Kelly, Y; Sacker, A; (2015) Fathers' involvement: correlates and consequences for child socioemotional behavior in Great Britain. Journal of Family Issues , 38 (8) pp. 1109-1131. 10.1177/0192513X15622415. Green open access
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Montgomery, SM; Ehlin, A; Sacker, A; (2006) Breast feeding and resilience against psychosocial stress. ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD , 91 (12) pp. 990-994. 10.1136/adc.2006.096826. Green open access
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Montgomery, SM; Ehlin, A; Sacker, A; (2006) Pre-pubertal growth and cognitive function. ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD , 91 (1) pp. 61-62. 10.1136/adc.2005.077602. Green open access
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Murray, E; Lacey, R; Maughan, B; Sacker, A; (2020) Non-parental care in childhood and health up to 30 years later: ONS Longitudinal Study 1971-2011. European Journal of Public Health , 30 (6) pp. 1121-1127. 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa113. Green open access
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Murray, E; Lacey, R; Maughan, B; Sacker, A; (2020) Association of childhood out-of-home care status with all-cause mortality up to 42-years later: Office of National Statistics Longitudinal Study. BMC Public Health , 20 , Article 735. 10.1186/s12889-020-08867-3. Green open access
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Nazroo, J; Zilanawala, A; Chen, M; Bécares, L; Davis-Kean, P; Jackson, JS; Kelly, Y; ... Sacker, A; + view all (2018) Socioemotional wellbeing of mixed race/ethnicity children in the UK and US: Patterns and mechanisms. SSM - Population Health , 5 pp. 147-159. 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.06.010. Green open access
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O'Neill, D; Benzeval, M; Boyd, A; Calderwood, L; Cooper, C; Corti, L; Dennison, E; ... Park, A; + view all (2019) Data Resource Profile: Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER). International Journal of Epidemiology , 48 (3) pp. 675-676. 10.1093/ije/dyz004. Green open access
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Panico, L; Bartley, M; Kelly, YJ; McMunn, A; Sacker, A; (2019) Family structure trajectories and early child health in the UK: Pathways to health. Social Science & Medicine , 232 pp. 220-229. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.006. (In press). Green open access
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Pasqualini, M; Sacker, A; McMunn, A; (2021) Birth Order and First Sexual Experience: Do Siblings Influence Sexual Debut in Adolescents? Archives of Sexual Behavior 10.1007/s10508-021-01979-w. (In press). Green open access
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Purakkal, A; Naimi, A; Madathil, S; Puthiyannal, S; Netuveli, G; Sacker, A; Schlecht, N; (2018) Differential impact of socioeconomic position across life on oral cancer risk in Kerala, India: An investigation of life-course models under a time-varying framework. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology , 46 (6) pp. 592-600. 10.1111/cdoe.12404. Green open access
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Quigley, MA; Carson, C; Sacker, A; Kelly, Y; (2016) Exclusive breastfeeding duration and infant infection. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 70 pp. 1420-1427. 10.1038/ejcn.2016.135. Green open access
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Richardson, S; Carr, E; Netuveli, G; Sacker, A; (2020) Adverse events over the life course and later-life wellbeing and depressive symptoms in older people. International Psychogeriatrics 10.1017/S1041610220003373. (In press). Green open access
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Richardson, S; Carr, E; Netuveli, G; Sacker, A; (2019) Country-level welfare-state measures and change in wellbeing following work exit in early old age: evidence from 16 European countries. International Journal of Epidemiology , 48 (2) pp. 389-401. 10.1093/ije/dyy205. Green open access
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Ross, A; Schoon, I; Martin, P; Sacker, A; (2009) Family and Nonfamily Role Configurations in Two British Cohorts. JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY , 71 (1) pp. 1-14. 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00576.x. Green open access
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Ross, A; Kelly, Y; Sacker, A; (2017) Time trends in mental well-being: the polarisation of young people's psychological distress. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 52 (9) pp. 1147-1158. 10.1007/s00127-017-1419-4. Green open access
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Sacker, A; Lacey, RE; Maughan, B; Murray, ET; (2022) Out-of-home care in childhood and socio-economic functioning in adulthood: ONS Longitudinal Study 1971-2011. Children and Youth Services Review , 132 , Article 106300. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106300. Green open access
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Sacker, A; Quigley, MA; Kelly, YJ; (2006) Breastfeeding and developmental delay: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. PEDIATRICS , 118 (3) E682-E689. 10.1542/peds.2005-3141. Green open access
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Sacker, Amanda; Lacey, Rebecca; Maughan, Barbara; Murray, Emily; (2024) Is foster caring associated with an earlier transition to adulthood for caregivers’ own children? ONS Longitudinal Study. Adoption & Fostering (In press). Green open access
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Sacker, Amanda; Murray, Emily; Maughan, Barbara; Lacey, Rebecca; (2024) Social care in childhood and adult outcomes. Double whammy for minority children? Longitudinal and Life Course Studies , 15 (2) pp. 139-162. 10.1332/17579597Y2023D000000008. Green open access
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Sacker, A; Bécares, L; Kelly, Y; Montgomery, S; (2016) Bi-directional relationships between body mass index and height from three to seven years of age: an analysis of children in the United Kingdom Millennium Cohort Study. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies , 7 (1) pp. 41-52. 10.14301/llcs.v7i1.339. Green open access
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Sacker, A; Cable, N; Britton, A; Kelly, Y; Mawditt, C; (2018) Social influences on health-related behaviour clustering during adulthood in two British birth cohort studies. Preventive Medicine , 110 pp. 67-80. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.02.007. Green open access
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Sacker, A; Kelly, Y; Booker, C; (2018) Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds in the UK. BMC Public Health , 18 (321) 10.1186/s12889-018-5220-4. Green open access
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Sacker, A; MacLeod, CA; Ross, A; Netuveli, G; Windle, G; (2019) Re-thinking social exclusion in later life: A case for a new framework for measurement. Ageing and Society , 39 (1) pp. 74-111. 10.1017/S0144686X17000794. Green open access
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Sacker, A; Ross, A; MacLeod, CA; Netuveli, G; Windle, G; (2017) Health and social exclusion in older age: evidence from Understanding Society, the UK household longitudinal study. J Epidemiol Community Health , 71 (7) pp. 681-690. 10.1136/jech-2016-208037. Green open access
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Sizer, AJ; Sacker, A; Lacey, RE; Richards, M; (2025) Non-employment over the working life: Implications for cognitive function and decline in later life. Public Health in Practice , 9 , Article 100563. 10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100563. Green open access
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Webb, E; Panico, L; Bécares, L; McMunn, A; Kelly, Y; Sacker, A; (2017) The Inter-relationship of Adolescent Unhappiness and Parental Mental Distress. Journal of Adolescent Health , 60 (2) pp. 196-203. 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.10.001. Green open access
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Worts, D; Corna, L; Sacker, A; McMunn, AM; McDonough, P; (2016) Understanding Older Adults Labour Market Trajectories: A Gendered Life Course Perspective. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies , 7 (4) pp. 347-367. 10.14301/llcs.v7i4.389. Green open access
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Worts, D; Sacker, A; McMunn, A; McDonough, P; (2013) Individualization, opportunity and jeopardy in American women's work and family lives: A multi-state sequence analysis. Advances in Life Course Research , 18 (4) 296 - 318. 10.1016/j.alcr.2013.09.003. Green open access
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Zaninotto, P; sacker, A; (2017) Missing Data in Longitudinal Surveys: A Comparison of Performance of Modern Techniques. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods , 16 (2) pp. 378-402. 10.22237/jmasm/1509495600. Green open access
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Zaninotto, P; Sacker, A; Breeze, E; McMunn, A; Steptoe, A; (2016) Gender-specific changes in well-being in older people with coronary heart disease: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Aging & Mental Health , 20 (4) pp. 432-440. 10.1080/13607863.2015.1020410. Green open access
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Zilanawala, A; Kelly, Y; Sacker, A; (2016) Ethnic differences in longitudinal latent verbal profiles in the millennium cohort study*. The European Journal of Public Health , 26 (6) pp. 1011-1016. 10.1093/eurpub/ckw184. Green open access
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Zilanawala, A; Sacker, A; Kelly, Y; (2019) Internalising and externalising behaviour profiles across childhood: The consequences of changes in the family environment. Social Science and Medicine , 226 pp. 207-216. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.048. Green open access
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Zilanawala, A; Sacker, A; Kelly, Y; (2017) Longitudinal Latent Cognitive Profiles and Psychosocial Well-being in Early Adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health , 61 (4) pp. 493-500. 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.05.008. Green open access
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Zilanawala, A; Sacker, A; Kelly, Y; (2016) Mixed ethnicity and behavioural problems in the Millennium Cohort Study. Archives of Disease in Childhood , 103 (1) pp. 61-64. 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309701. Green open access
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Zilanawala, A; Sacker, A; Nazroo, J; Kelly, Y; (2015) Ethnic differences in children's socioemotional difficulties: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Social Science & Medicine , 134 pp. 95-106. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.012. Green open access
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Working / discussion paper

Sacker, A; Lacey, R; Maughan, B; Murray, ET; (2021) Out-of-home care in childhood and socio-economic functioning in adulthood: ONS Longitudinal Study 1971-2011. SocArXiv Papers: Ithaca, NY, USA. Green open access
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