Sue Read
Biographic Data
| ID | 77325 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue Read |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue |
| FAMILY NAME | Read |
| SIGNATURE | READ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5532-8746 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 309 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Is social connectedness still in decline after the Covid-19 pandemic? Cohort trends in secondary school students in Finland between 2017 and 2023
Several previous cohort studies suggest declining social connectedness in young people since 2000, the pattern accelerated during the covid-19 pandemic. Little is known whether social connectedness had recovered to the pre-pandemic levels. We investigated whether the declining pattern in experienced social connectedness in secondary school students between 2017 and 2021 changed in 2023. We also investigated the role of individual and school chara…
Socioeconomic inequality of long-term care for older people with and without dementia in England
Ensuring distributive fairness in the long-term care sector is vitally important in the context of global population ageing and rising care needs. This study, part of the DETERMIND (DETERMinants of quality of life, care and costs, and consequences of INequalities in people with Dementia and their carers) programme, investigates socioeconomic inequality and inequity in the utilisation of long-term care for older people with and without dementia in…
Who should pay for social care for older people in England? Results from surveys of public attitudes to the funding of adult social care
While debate on how best to pay for social care in England continues, information about public attitudes on this issue is limited. We asked representative samples of the public whether care costs for older people should be met by the state, met by the service user or shared between state and user. We used an online survey of people aged 18-75 (n = 3,000) and interview survey of people aged 65 and over (n = 466). Respondents were given four vignet…
Public preferences for paying for social care in later life in England: A latent class analysis
There is ongoing debate about how the funding system for social care of older people in England should best be reformed. We investigated how public attitudes to individual and state responsibility for paying for social care in later life vary with demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Four vignettes of individuals in need of home care or residential care with varying levels of savings, income and housing wealth were presented to a sampl…
Facilitating personal development for public involvement in health‐care education and research: A co‐produced pilot study in one UK higher education institute
BACKGROUND: Public involvement in the education of students enrolled on higher education programmes has gained impetus. For students enrolled on professional health-care programmes and health-related modules in the UK, there is also a requirement by professional bodies to include "service user" involvement in preparation for entry to a professional health-care register and continuing professional development. Actively involving patients and membe…
Fertility trajectories and later-life depression among parents in England
We examine pathways between indicators of fertility tempo/quantum and depressive symptoms among parents aged 55+ with at least two children, using three waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Using standard regression approaches and path analysis within the structural equation framework, we also investigate whether fertility trajectories mediated the association between childhood disadvantage and later-life depression. Results provide…
Social Isolation and Memory Decline in Later-life
Results suggest that the association between social isolation and memory decline arises because social isolation is associated with increased memory decline rather than poor memory leading to increases in social isolation. Men with high levels of social isolation and women with accumulated social isolation over time are especially affected as these patterns of isolation were associated with more profound memory decline
Study engagement and burnout profiles among Finnish higher education students
A person-oriented approach was applied to identify profiles of study engagement and burnout (i.e., exhaustion, cynicism, inadequacy) in higher education in a large and representative sample of 12,394 higher education students at different phases of their studies in universities and polytechnics in Finland. Four profiles were identified: Engaged (44%), engaged-exhausted (30%) inefficacious (19%) and burned-out (7%). The engaged students had the mo…
Socio-economic position and subjective health and well-being among older people in Europe: A systematic narrative review
Fertility History and Cognition in Later Life
Associations between fertility history and cognition were to large extent accounted for socioeconomic position, partly because this influenced health and social engagement. Poorer cognition in childless people and better cognition among mothers experiencing child birth at higher ages suggest factors related to childbearing/rearing that are beneficial for later cognitive functioning, although further research into possible earlier selection factor…
Social engagement from childhood to middle age and the effect of childhood socio-economic status on middle age social engagement: Results from the National Child Development study
Social engagement has powerful effects on wellbeing, but variation in individual engagement throughout the lifecourse is wide. The trajectories may differ by gender and be affected by socio-economic status (SES). However, long-term development of social engagement is little studied and the effect of childhood SES on later-life social engagement remains obscure. We aimed to describe the social engagement development from childhood to middle age by…
Pathways from fertility history to later life health: Results from analyses of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Previous research shows associations between fertility histories and later life health. The childless, those with large families, and those with a young age at entry to parenthood generally have higher mortality and worse health than parents of two or thre
Allostatic Load and Health in the Older Population of England: A Crossed-Lagged Analysis
OBJECTIVE: Allostatic load, a composite measure of accumulated physical wear and tear, has been proposed as an early sign of physiological dysregulation predictive of health problems, functional limitation, and disability. However, much previous research has been cross sectional and few studies consider repeated measures. We investigate the directionality of associations between allostatic load, self-rated health, and a measure of physical functi…
Mobility Limitation and Changes in Personal Goals Among Older Women
The results of this study support theories suggesting that age-related losses such as mobility limitation may result in older adults modifying or disengaging from personal goals
A researcher’s experience of focused coding in grounded theory: What makes the final cut
This paper offers a novice researcher’s reflections on focused coding issues within a constructivist grounded theory study in data generated from semi–structured interviews (N=9). It asks questions about the destiny and treatment of the myriad codes generated at the line–by–line coding stage. Issues around the complex decisions and management of data and how the many line–by–line codes progressed towards incorporation into the eventual theory are…
Social Contacts and Receipt of Help Among Older People in England: Are There Benefits of Having More Children
These results show some advantages for older parents compared with childless individuals in terms of social contact and receipt of help and, among parents, an additional effect of having a daughter. Changes in family size distributions have implications for the support of older people and for planners of formal services
Individual and Group Effects in a Community-Based Implementation of a Positive Parenting Program
Objective: To examine the effects of individual and group factors on the changes in child-rearing practices in a parenting program. Method: At risk and non at-risk parents ( N = 496), who varied by sociodemographic factors, participated in 94 groups that differed by size and composition. Latent growth curve modeling was used to examine the impact of individual and group variables on pre–post changes in inductive, coercive, and permissive-neglecti…
Personal goals and personality traits among young adults: Genetic and environmental effects
Promoting positive motherhood among nulliparous pregnant women with an intense fear of childbirth: RCT intervention
This RCT intervention among nulliparous pregnant women with an intense fear of childbirth sought to promote preparedness for childbirth and to enhance positive parenting. Pregnant women (n = 8,611) filled in a 'fear of childbirth' questionnaire. Nulliparous women with severe fear of childbirth (n = 355) were randomized into intervention (n = 131; 41 refused) and control (n = 224) groups. They rated themselves on a preparedness scale in middle and…
Qualitative Research Conference
Fertility history and quality of life in older women and men
In this paper we examine associations between the fertility histories of older British women and men and their quality of life using data on a sample of 6,374 men and women born between 1923 and 1949 drawn from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Quality of life in 2001 was measured using scores from the four subscales of the CASP-19 questionnaire: control, autonomy, pleasure and self-realisation. Fertility histories were derived using inf…
Does Ethnic Diversity Erode Trust? Putnam’s ‘Hunkering Down’ Thesis Reconsidered
We use a multi-level modelling approach to estimate the effect of ethnic diversity on measures of generalized and strategic trust using data from a new survey in Britain with a sample size approaching 25,000 individuals. In addition to the ethnic diversity of neighbourhoods, we incorporate a range of indicators of the socio-economic characteristics of individuals and the areas in which they live. Our results show no effect of ethnic diversity on …
The Involvement of Users and Carers in Health and Social Research: The Realities of Inclusion and Engagement
In this article we explore the challenges to researchers intending to involve vulnerable populations in health and social care research, and provide evidence-based recommendations to support the proactive inclusion of these populations in the research process. We provide a rationale for the study, followed by the introduction and descriptions of our research experiences (presented as two case studies) to provide a contextual backcloth for the dis…
Fertility history, health, and health changes in later life: A panel study of British women and men born 1923-49
We investigated associations between later-life health and fertility history for women and men, using the British Household Panel Survey. We modelled health and its rate of change jointly with sample retention over an 11-year period. For women, childlessness is associated with limitation of activity for health reasons and faster acquisition of the limitation. High parity (four or more children) is associated with poorer health for both women and …
Bereavement, Loss and Learning Disabilities
Does Ethnic Diversity Erode Trust? Putnam’s ‘Hunkering Down’ Thesis Reconsidered
We use a multi-level modelling approach to estimate the effect of ethnic diversity on measures of generalized and strategic trust using data from a new survey in Britain with a sample size approaching 25,000 individuals. In addition to the ethnic diversity of neighbourhoods, we incorporate a range of indicators of the socio-economic characteristics of individuals and the areas in which they live. Our results show no effect of ethnic diversity on …
A Genetic Basis for Social Trust
Social Contacts and Receipt of Help Among Older People in England: Are There Benefits of Having More Children
These results show some advantages for older parents compared with childless individuals in terms of social contact and receipt of help and, among parents, an additional effect of having a daughter. Changes in family size distributions have implications for the support of older people and for planners of formal services
Fertility history, health, and health changes in later life: A panel study of British women and men born 1923-49
We investigated associations between later-life health and fertility history for women and men, using the British Household Panel Survey. We modelled health and its rate of change jointly with sample retention over an 11-year period. For women, childlessness is associated with limitation of activity for health reasons and faster acquisition of the limitation. High parity (four or more children) is associated with poorer health for both women and …
Pathways from fertility history to later life health: Results from analyses of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Previous research shows associations between fertility histories and later life health. The childless, those with large families, and those with a young age at entry to parenthood generally have higher mortality and worse health than parents of two or thre
Fertility History and Cognition in Later Life
Associations between fertility history and cognition were to large extent accounted for socioeconomic position, partly because this influenced health and social engagement. Poorer cognition in childless people and better cognition among mothers experiencing child birth at higher ages suggest factors related to childbearing/rearing that are beneficial for later cognitive functioning, although further research into possible earlier selection factor…
The Involvement of Users and Carers in Health and Social Research: The Realities of Inclusion and Engagement
In this article we explore the challenges to researchers intending to involve vulnerable populations in health and social care research, and provide evidence-based recommendations to support the proactive inclusion of these populations in the research process. We provide a rationale for the study, followed by the introduction and descriptions of our research experiences (presented as two case studies) to provide a contextual backcloth for the dis…
Social Isolation and Memory Decline in Later-life
Results suggest that the association between social isolation and memory decline arises because social isolation is associated with increased memory decline rather than poor memory leading to increases in social isolation. Men with high levels of social isolation and women with accumulated social isolation over time are especially affected as these patterns of isolation were associated with more profound memory decline
Promoting positive motherhood among nulliparous pregnant women with an intense fear of childbirth: RCT intervention
This RCT intervention among nulliparous pregnant women with an intense fear of childbirth sought to promote preparedness for childbirth and to enhance positive parenting. Pregnant women (n = 8,611) filled in a 'fear of childbirth' questionnaire. Nulliparous women with severe fear of childbirth (n = 355) were randomized into intervention (n = 131; 41 refused) and control (n = 224) groups. They rated themselves on a preparedness scale in middle and…
Satisfaction With Present Life Predicts Survival in Octogenarians
We examined the effect of life satisfaction on survival over 10 years among 80-year-old and older same-sex twins of whom 320 individuals responded to the Life Satisfaction Index Z questionnaire in connection with the OCTO-Twin study. We treated participants as individuals in semiparametric Cox regression mixed-effects models (frailty) by adjusting the similarity of mortality risk within twin pairs by modeling it as a random variable. An explorato…
Public preferences for paying for social care in later life in England: A latent class analysis
There is ongoing debate about how the funding system for social care of older people in England should best be reformed. We investigated how public attitudes to individual and state responsibility for paying for social care in later life vary with demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Four vignettes of individuals in need of home care or residential care with varying levels of savings, income and housing wealth were presented to a sampl…
Fertility trajectories and later-life depression among parents in England
We examine pathways between indicators of fertility tempo/quantum and depressive symptoms among parents aged 55+ with at least two children, using three waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Using standard regression approaches and path analysis within the structural equation framework, we also investigate whether fertility trajectories mediated the association between childhood disadvantage and later-life depression. Results provide…
Social engagement from childhood to middle age and the effect of childhood socio-economic status on middle age social engagement: Results from the National Child Development study
Social engagement has powerful effects on wellbeing, but variation in individual engagement throughout the lifecourse is wide. The trajectories may differ by gender and be affected by socio-economic status (SES). However, long-term development of social engagement is little studied and the effect of childhood SES on later-life social engagement remains obscure. We aimed to describe the social engagement development from childhood to middle age by…
Mobility Limitation and Changes in Personal Goals Among Older Women
The results of this study support theories suggesting that age-related losses such as mobility limitation may result in older adults modifying or disengaging from personal goals
Individual and Group Effects in a Community-Based Implementation of a Positive Parenting Program
Objective: To examine the effects of individual and group factors on the changes in child-rearing practices in a parenting program. Method: At risk and non at-risk parents ( N = 496), who varied by sociodemographic factors, participated in 94 groups that differed by size and composition. Latent growth curve modeling was used to examine the impact of individual and group variables on pre–post changes in inductive, coercive, and permissive-neglecti…
Fertility history and quality of life in older women and men
In this paper we examine associations between the fertility histories of older British women and men and their quality of life using data on a sample of 6,374 men and women born between 1923 and 1949 drawn from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Quality of life in 2001 was measured using scores from the four subscales of the CASP-19 questionnaire: control, autonomy, pleasure and self-realisation. Fertility histories were derived using inf…
Socioeconomic inequality of long-term care for older people with and without dementia in England
Ensuring distributive fairness in the long-term care sector is vitally important in the context of global population ageing and rising care needs. This study, part of the DETERMIND (DETERMinants of quality of life, care and costs, and consequences of INequalities in people with Dementia and their carers) programme, investigates socioeconomic inequality and inequity in the utilisation of long-term care for older people with and without dementia in…
Health and homelessness ‐ a whole‐systems perspective
People who are homeless often have multiple, complex health needs. Health services need to be adapted to ensure that they receive appropriate care in a cost‐effective way, and that this is done in partnership with other agencies so that their needs are met in an holistic and productive manner. This can be achieved by modifying existing care pathways, by provision of specialist services or both. Any local solution will depend on the number of peop…
Death and learning disability: A vulnerability perspective
People with learning disabilities often have to cope with death, dying and bereavement without being fully informed of the circumstances and sometimes without being told that death is imminent or indeed has occurred. This paper explores the issues associated with death and dying from the perspective of people with learning disabilities, and considers proactive ways of working in this sensitive area
Satisfaction With Present Life Predicts Survival in Octogenarians
We examined the effect of life satisfaction on survival over 10 years among 80-year-old and older same-sex twins of whom 320 individuals responded to the Life Satisfaction Index Z questionnaire in connection with the OCTO-Twin study. We treated participants as individuals in semiparametric Cox regression mixed-effects models (frailty) by adjusting the similarity of mortality risk within twin pairs by modeling it as a random variable. An explorato…
Sex Differences After All Those Years? Heritability of Cognitive Abilities in Old Age
We investigated sex differences in genetic and environmental effects on cognitive abilities among older adult twins. We drew participants from the Swedish Twin Registry; our sample included 647 twin pairs. Our cognitive measures included Synonyms, Block Design, Digit Span, Thurstone's Picture Memory, Symbol Digit, and general cognitive ability tests. Higher age was related to lower performance in all cognitive measures, except synonyms. For digit…
Health and homelessness ‐ a whole‐systems perspective
People who are homeless often have multiple, complex health needs. Health services need to be adapted to ensure that they receive appropriate care in a cost‐effective way, and that this is done in partnership with other agencies so that their needs are met in an holistic and productive manner. This can be achieved by modifying existing care pathways, by provision of specialist services or both. Any local solution will depend on the number of peop…
Research: A vehicle for listening and promoting meaningful consultation with people with an intellectual disability
There is a drive to ensure inclusivity within the research process by involving marginalised groups throughout the whole continuum of research activities. This paper introduces a collaborative research study which aims to establish what adults with intellectual disabilities understand about loss, dying and death. However, this paper is not about the findings of the research, but focuses upon the importance of the process of the research: namely t…
Bereavement, Loss and Learning Disabilities
A Genetic Basis for Social Trust
Qualitative Research Conference
Fertility history and quality of life in older women and men
In this paper we examine associations between the fertility histories of older British women and men and their quality of life using data on a sample of 6,374 men and women born between 1923 and 1949 drawn from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Quality of life in 2001 was measured using scores from the four subscales of the CASP-19 questionnaire: control, autonomy, pleasure and self-realisation. Fertility histories were derived using inf…
Does Ethnic Diversity Erode Trust? Putnam’s ‘Hunkering Down’ Thesis Reconsidered
We use a multi-level modelling approach to estimate the effect of ethnic diversity on measures of generalized and strategic trust using data from a new survey in Britain with a sample size approaching 25,000 individuals. In addition to the ethnic diversity of neighbourhoods, we incorporate a range of indicators of the socio-economic characteristics of individuals and the areas in which they live. Our results show no effect of ethnic diversity on …
The Involvement of Users and Carers in Health and Social Research: The Realities of Inclusion and Engagement
In this article we explore the challenges to researchers intending to involve vulnerable populations in health and social care research, and provide evidence-based recommendations to support the proactive inclusion of these populations in the research process. We provide a rationale for the study, followed by the introduction and descriptions of our research experiences (presented as two case studies) to provide a contextual backcloth for the dis…
Fertility history, health, and health changes in later life: A panel study of British women and men born 1923-49
We investigated associations between later-life health and fertility history for women and men, using the British Household Panel Survey. We modelled health and its rate of change jointly with sample retention over an 11-year period. For women, childlessness is associated with limitation of activity for health reasons and faster acquisition of the limitation. High parity (four or more children) is associated with poorer health for both women and …
Social Contacts and Receipt of Help Among Older People in England: Are There Benefits of Having More Children
These results show some advantages for older parents compared with childless individuals in terms of social contact and receipt of help and, among parents, an additional effect of having a daughter. Changes in family size distributions have implications for the support of older people and for planners of formal services
Individual and Group Effects in a Community-Based Implementation of a Positive Parenting Program
Objective: To examine the effects of individual and group factors on the changes in child-rearing practices in a parenting program. Method: At risk and non at-risk parents ( N = 496), who varied by sociodemographic factors, participated in 94 groups that differed by size and composition. Latent growth curve modeling was used to examine the impact of individual and group variables on pre–post changes in inductive, coercive, and permissive-neglecti…
Personal goals and personality traits among young adults: Genetic and environmental effects
Promoting positive motherhood among nulliparous pregnant women with an intense fear of childbirth: RCT intervention
This RCT intervention among nulliparous pregnant women with an intense fear of childbirth sought to promote preparedness for childbirth and to enhance positive parenting. Pregnant women (n = 8,611) filled in a 'fear of childbirth' questionnaire. Nulliparous women with severe fear of childbirth (n = 355) were randomized into intervention (n = 131; 41 refused) and control (n = 224) groups. They rated themselves on a preparedness scale in middle and…
A researcher’s experience of focused coding in grounded theory: What makes the final cut
This paper offers a novice researcher’s reflections on focused coding issues within a constructivist grounded theory study in data generated from semi–structured interviews (N=9). It asks questions about the destiny and treatment of the myriad codes generated at the line–by–line coding stage. Issues around the complex decisions and management of data and how the many line–by–line codes progressed towards incorporation into the eventual theory are…
Allostatic Load and Health in the Older Population of England: A Crossed-Lagged Analysis
OBJECTIVE: Allostatic load, a composite measure of accumulated physical wear and tear, has been proposed as an early sign of physiological dysregulation predictive of health problems, functional limitation, and disability. However, much previous research has been cross sectional and few studies consider repeated measures. We investigate the directionality of associations between allostatic load, self-rated health, and a measure of physical functi…
Mobility Limitation and Changes in Personal Goals Among Older Women
The results of this study support theories suggesting that age-related losses such as mobility limitation may result in older adults modifying or disengaging from personal goals
Pathways from fertility history to later life health: Results from analyses of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Previous research shows associations between fertility histories and later life health. The childless, those with large families, and those with a young age at entry to parenthood generally have higher mortality and worse health than parents of two or thre
Socio-economic position and subjective health and well-being among older people in Europe: A systematic narrative review
Fertility History and Cognition in Later Life
Associations between fertility history and cognition were to large extent accounted for socioeconomic position, partly because this influenced health and social engagement. Poorer cognition in childless people and better cognition among mothers experiencing child birth at higher ages suggest factors related to childbearing/rearing that are beneficial for later cognitive functioning, although further research into possible earlier selection factor…
Social engagement from childhood to middle age and the effect of childhood socio-economic status on middle age social engagement: Results from the National Child Development study
Social engagement has powerful effects on wellbeing, but variation in individual engagement throughout the lifecourse is wide. The trajectories may differ by gender and be affected by socio-economic status (SES). However, long-term development of social engagement is little studied and the effect of childhood SES on later-life social engagement remains obscure. We aimed to describe the social engagement development from childhood to middle age by…
Study engagement and burnout profiles among Finnish higher education students
A person-oriented approach was applied to identify profiles of study engagement and burnout (i.e., exhaustion, cynicism, inadequacy) in higher education in a large and representative sample of 12,394 higher education students at different phases of their studies in universities and polytechnics in Finland. Four profiles were identified: Engaged (44%), engaged-exhausted (30%) inefficacious (19%) and burned-out (7%). The engaged students had the mo…
Social Isolation and Memory Decline in Later-life
Results suggest that the association between social isolation and memory decline arises because social isolation is associated with increased memory decline rather than poor memory leading to increases in social isolation. Men with high levels of social isolation and women with accumulated social isolation over time are especially affected as these patterns of isolation were associated with more profound memory decline
Psychology (26 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Political science (13 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works)