Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA)
Roy Morgan Research. The survey is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Social Services
.
HILDA has the following key features:
- It collects information about labour marketdynamics and family dynamics.
- Special questionnaire modules are included each wave and have covered topics such as wealth, retirement and fertility intentions.
- The wave 1 panel consisted of 7,682 householdsand 19,914 individuals. In wave 11 this was topped up with an additional 2,153 households and 5,477 individuals
- Interviews are conducted annually with all adult members of each household. Children are interviewed once they turn 15.
- The panel members are followed over time.
- Funding has been guaranteed for 25 waves, and the survey is expected to continue beyond wave 25.
- Each release of the data typically occurs at the start of December each year. The release in December 2023 was for data collected from 2001 (wave 1) to 2022 (wave 22).
HILDA data, when weighted, describe the Australian population, although homeless people and recent immigrants are under-represented. The datasets (
questionnaires
and a user manual are available from the Melbourne Institute's HILDA website.
See also
- Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), USA
- Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), Germany
- Survey on Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), Italy
- UK households: a longitudinal study (UKHLS) / Understanding Society, UK (formerly British Household Panel Survey(BHPS), UK)
External links
- HILDA official website
- Cross National Equivalent File (CNEF) (URL accessed 2016-01-28)