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Overview The HILDA Data Users How to Order the Data Security Requirements How the Data Files are Provided Structure of the Data Files Identifiers Matching Files Creating Longitudinal Files PanelWhiz Variable Name Conventions Missing Value Conventions Data with Negative Values Confidentialisation Derived Variables Age and Sex History Spatial Current Education Current Marriage /Defacto Relationship Children Child Care Employment Calculating hourly wage rates Calendar Family Health Housing Time Use Household Expenditure Life – Personality Income and Income Imputation Wealth and Wealth Imputation Weights Documentation Data Quality Issues The HILDA Sample Data Collection Pilot Testing Questionnaire Length Interviewers Fieldwork Process Response Rates Attrition Bias Data Processing HILDA User Training Getting More Information References Appendices Summary of HILDA Survey content, waves 1 to 6 HILDA Survey Instrument Development and Sources Changes made to the data between releases Little and Su method About the HILDA User Manual HILDA Survey Home

Data Collection

The data collection task was subcontracted to ACNielsen, a private market research company with a strong background in undertaking survey research in the area of social policy. The majority of the data were collected through face-to-face interviews.

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HILDA User Manual

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