Samantha Parsons

    • Research Officer
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Policy and Society
  • Department:
    • Quantitative Social Science
  • Centre:
    • Centre for Longitudinal Studies
  • Summary:
    • Much of Sam's research experience has involved working with two of Britain's longitudinal birth cohorts, the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). Her primary research interests are the antecedents and consequences of poor adult basic skills, social exclusion and socioeconomic disadvantage.
  • Research:
    • Longitudinal study of impact of basic skills provision in the armed forces (MoD and DIUS funded)
      Social Participation and Identity (ESRC funded)
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Longitudinal studies
      Basic skills
      Social participation
      Social exclusion
      Socioeconomic disadvantage and mobility
Samantha Parsons

Staff profile

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Postal address:
  • Quantitative Social Science
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office location:
  • Room 301
    55-59 Gordon Square, WC1H 0NU

Publications

  • Law, J., Rush, R., Parsons, S. and Schoon, I. (2012) 'The relationship between gender, receptive vocabulary and literacy from school entry through to adulthood', International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (Forthcoming),
  • Parsons, S., Gale, C.R., Kuh, D. and Elliott, J. (2012) 'Physical capability and the advantages and disadvantages of ageing: perceptions of older age by men and women in two British cohorts', Ageing and Society Available on CJO doi:10.1017/S0144686X12001067.
    Further information.
  • Hallam, S. and Parsons, S. (2012) 'The incidence and make up of ability grouped sets in the UK primary school', Research Papers in Education, Advance online access, DOI:10.1080/02671522.2012.729079.
  • Hallam, S. and Parsons, S. (2012) 'Prevalence of streaming in UK primary schools: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study', British Educational Research Journal Advance online access.
    Further information.
  • Elliott, J., Gale, C., Kuh, D. and Parsons, S. (2011) 'The design and content of the HALCyon qualitative study: A qualitative sub-study of the National Study of Health and Development and the Hertfordshire Cohort Study', CLS Working Paper Series 2011/5, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.
  • Parsons, S. (2011) 'Long-term impact of childhood bereavement - Preliminary analysis of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)', CWRC Working Paper CWRC-00081-2011, London: Department for Education.
    Further information.
  • Parsons, S., Schoon, I., Rush, R. and Law, J. (2011) 'Long-term Outcomes for Children with Early Language Problems: Beating the Odds', Children and Society 25(3), 202-214.
  • Parsons, S.  (2010) 'Understanding Participation: Being part of the 1958 National Child Development Study from birth to age 50', CLS Working Paper Series 2010/5, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.
  • Elliott, J., Miles, A., Parsons, S. and Savage, M. (2010) 'The design and content of the 'Social participation' study: A qualitative sub-study conducted as part of the age 50 (2008) sweep of the National Child Development Study', CLS Working Paper Series 2010/3, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.
  • Schoon, I., Parsons, S., Rush, R. and Law, J. (2010) 'Children's language ability and psychosocial development: A 29-year follow-up study', Pediatrics 126(1), e73-e80.