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HILDA User Manual
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

A Reminder of the Security Requirements for the Data

The deed of licence stipulates numerous security requirements for the data, some of which are outlined below:

If you plan to change employers and you have an Individual Deed of Licence, you MUST contact the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) prior to doing so to discuss suitable arrangements for the data. Under certain conditions you may be able to take the data with you. Otherwise, you will need to delete any data files and destroy the CD/DVD.
If you plan to change employers and your organisation has an Organisational Deed of Licence, you MUST contact your organisation's Data Manager to resolve your obligations to the security of the dataset.
If you change your research project you MUST seek permission for the new project from FaHCSIA.
The HILDA CD/DVD MUST be kept secure in a locked filing cabinet or other secure container when not in use.
The keys or combinations for the filing cabinet or other secure container must be kept secure and not given to any unauthorised user.
The HILDA data (and any derivatives of the HILDA data) must be stored on a password protected computer or network.
Your password MUST include a mixture of upper and lowercase characters, be at least 7 characters long, and include some non-alphanumeric characters such as # ; * !.
Any printed unit record output MUST stored in a locked filing cabinet or other secure container when not in use. Any printed unit record output MUST be shredded if no longer required.
You CANNOT provide the data to any unauthorised individual (to be authorised, you must have an Individual Deed of Licence countersigned by the FaHCSIA delegate or have a Deed of Confidentiality countersigned by your organisation's approved Data Manager).
There MUST be a means of limiting access to the work area where the data is kept and tamper evident barriers to access (i.e., if there were a break-in, it would be obvious from broken glass, damaged lock, etc).

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