Basic reading:

 Methods of Analysis: 

• Taris, T. (2000). A Primer in Longitudinal Data Analysis. 6 Bonhill Street, London EC2A 4PU: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://methods.sagepub.com/book/a-primer-in-longitudinal-data-analysis http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781849208512
• Dale, A. & Davies, R. B. (1994). Analyzing social and political change : SAGE Publications Ltd doi: 10.4135/9781849208611 http://methods.sagepub.com/book/analyzing-social-and-political-change
• Long, J. D. (2012). Longitudinal data analysis for the behavioral sciences using R. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE.

Studies/back ground reading:

 Available at Exeter

• Epidemiological methods in life course research [electronic resource] / edited by Andrew Pickles, Barbara Maughan, Michael Wadsworth. http://lib.exeter.ac.uk/record=b2547955~S6 

• Social dynamics of the life course : transitions, institutions, and interrelations / editors, Walter R. Heinz, Victor W. Marshall http://lib.exeter.ac.uk/record=b1777999~S6 

• Growing into politics : contexts and timing of political socialisation / edited by Simone Abendschön. 

• The expanded family life cycle : individual, family, and social perspectives / edited by Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick http://lib.exeter.ac.uk/record=b1698174~S6

Other: 

• Political Attitudes Over the Life Span: The Bennington Women After Fifty Years. by Duane F. Alwin, Ronald L. Cohen, Theodore M. Newcomb

The Terman Study of Genius -  http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/07/science/75-years-later-study-still-tracking-geniuses.html?pagewanted=all