| Qualitative secondary data analysis: Ethics, epistemology and context S Irwin Progress in development studies 13 (4), 295-306, 2013 | 386 | 2013 |
| Concerted cultivation? Parenting values, education and class diversity S Irwin, S Elley Sociology 45 (3), 480-495, 2011 | 276 | 2011 |
| Rights of passage: Social change and the transition from youth to adulthood S Irwin UCL Press, 2013 | 205 | 2013 |
| Debates in qualitative secondary analysis: Critical reflections S Irwin, M Winterton University of Leeds 4, 1-23, 2011 | 141 | 2011 |
| Locating difference: class,‘race’and gender, and the shaping of social inequalities W Bottero, S Irwin The sociological review 51 (4), 463-483, 2003 | 137 | 2003 |
| Parents' hopes and expectations for their children's future occupations S Irwin, S Elley The Sociological Review 61 (1), 111-130, 2013 | 133 | 2013 |
| The social patterning of values and rationalities: mothers' choices in combining caring and employment S Duncan, S Irwin Social Policy and Society 3 (4), 391-399, 2004 | 100 | 2004 |
| Reshaping social life S Irwin Routledge, 2005 | 94 | 2005 |
| Lay perceptions of inequality and social structure S Irwin Sociology 52 (2), 211-227, 2018 | 92 | 2018 |
| Data analysis and interpretation S Irwin Handbook of emergent methods, 415-436, 2008 | 88 | 2008 |
| Timescapes secondary analysis: Comparison, context and working across data sets S Irwin, J Bornat, M Winterton Qualitative Research 12 (1), 66-80, 2012 | 86 | 2012 |
| Employment histories and the concept of the underclass L Morris, S Irwin Sociology 26 (3), 401-420, 1992 | 75 | 1992 |
| Age related distributive justice and claims on resources S Irwin British Journal of Sociology, 68-92, 1996 | 73 | 1996 |
| Family contexts, norms and young people's orientations: researching diversity S Irwin Journal of youth studies 12 (4), 337-354, 2009 | 72 | 2009 |
| Later life, inequality and sociological theory S Irwin Ageing & Society 19 (6), 691-715, 1999 | 71 | 1999 |
| Resourcing the family: gendered claims and obligations and issues of explanation S Irwin The new family, 31-45, 1999 | 69 | 1999 |
| Qualitative secondary analysis and social explanation S Irwin, M Winterton Sociological Research Online 17 (2), 1-12, 2012 | 66 | 2012 |
| Class and comparison: Subjective social location and lay experiences of constraint and mobility S Irwin The British journal of sociology 66 (2), 259-281, 2015 | 62 | 2015 |
| Repositioning disability and the life course: a social claiming perspective S Irwin Disabil life course Glob Perspect, 15-52, 2001 | 57 | 2001 |
| Teenage expectations of going to university: The ebb and flow of influences from 14 to 18 MT Winterton, S Irwin Journal of Youth Studies 15 (7), 858-874, 2012 | 56 | 2012 |
Lydia MorrisProfessor of Sociology, University of EssexVerified email at essex.ac.uk
