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13 December 2007

Second HILDA Statistical Report now available online

We are please to announce the release of the second HILDA Statistical Report: Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 2: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 4 of the HILDA Survey. This report provides a series of short articles summarising key findings from the first four waves of the HILDA Survey data. 

The report covers findings from all of the major areas covered by the HILDA Survey:

  • Households and family life;
  • Incomes and wealth;
  • Employment and unemployment/joblessness; and
  • Life satisfaction and wellbeing.

As of today, this report is available for free download from the HILDA website at: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/statreport.html

2 October 2007

HILDA Publications for 2007 Annual Report

We are in the process of compiling the 2007 HILDA Annual Report. In the Annual Report, we publish a list of HILDA data user publications. If you have a publication that is not currently listed on the HILDA bibliography web pages http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/Biblio/default.html, please send us the details.

Following are a few examples of recent publications in 2007 using the HILDA Survey data:

  • Bittman, M., Hill, T., and Thomson, C., 'The Impact of Caring on Informal Carers' Employment, Income and Earnings: a Longitudinal Approach', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 42, no. 2, Winter, pp. 255-272.
  • Breunig, R., Cobb-Clark, D., Gong, X. and Venn, D., 'Disagreement in Partners' Reports of Financial Difficulty', Review of Economics of the Household, vol. 5, March, pp. 59-82.
  • Burkhauser, R.V. and Lillard, D.R., 'The Expanded Cross-National Equivalent File: HILDA Joins Its International Peers', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 40, no. 2, June, pp. 208-215.
  • Creedy, J. and Tan, L., 'The Relationship Between Personal Income and Net Worth in Australia', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 40, no. 2, June, pp. 165-181.
  • Crosier, T., Butterworth, P. and Rodgers, B., 'Mental Health Problems Among Single and Partnered Mothers', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 42, January, pp. 6-13.

22 August 2007

PhD study/Research Officer opportunity - HILDA Survey

The Melbourne Institute is currently advertising a job which may be of interest to student HILDA Survey users, or students of other HILDA Survey users. It is a full-time Research Officer (Research Assistant) position in the HILDA Survey program area with the opportunity to undertake part-time PhD study. The position would suit an honours graduate in economics.

Further information is available in the attached flyer and the full position description is available from the Melbourne Institute's website.

30 July 2007

HILDA Survey News

1. Wave 7

Copies of the Wave 7 survey instruments can now be downloaded from the HILDA Survey website, at:
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/qaires/q7.html

The main feature of Wave 7 is the re-inclusion of the module on retirement and transitions to retirement, previously included in Wave 3. The Wave 7 questionnaires also include:

  • an extension to the questions on work-related training (now relocated to Section E of the PQs)
  • new questions on diet, numeracy / literacy, diet and smoking history in the PQs
  • inclusion of new questions on alcohol consumption, diet and weight, and food consumption in the SCQ
  • inclusion of the Kessler 10 measure of psychological distress in the SCQ
2. Publications

A paper surveying the HILDA Survey has been published in the June 2007 issue of The Economic Record. The paper not only provides useful source material about the survey (data collection methods, response rates) but also surveys uses being made of the data. The full citation is:
Wooden, M. and Watson, N., 'The HILDA Survey and its Contribution to Economic and Social Research (So Far)', The Economic Record, vol. 83, June, pp. 208-231.
For those of you who want to know more about the Cross-National Equivalence File, a survey article, highlighting the addition of the HILDA Survey data, was recently published in the Australian Economic Review. The full citation is:
Burkhauser, R.V. and Lillard, D.R., 'The Expanded Cross-National Equivalent File: HILDA Joins Its International Peers', The Australian Economic Review, vol. 40, no. 2, June, pp. 208-215.

3. HILDA Survey Conference papers

The proceedings of the recent HILDA Survey Research Conference can be freely downloaded from
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/Biblio/conf2007papers.htm

Authors should note that the site constitutes a web-based publication - ISBN: 978-0-7340-3247-8

24 July 2007

HILDA Conference Papers & User Training notes 2007

The 2007 HILDA Survey Research Conference was a great success! Thank you to those who presented at or attended the Conference. For those of you who missed out - the next HILDA Conference is scheduled for 2009.  

The papers from the 2007 HILDA Conference are now available at http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/Biblio/conf2007papers.htm.  

The slides from the most recent HILDA Data User Training sessions on Wednesday July 18, 2007 are also now available: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/usertraining_notes.html

 

17 May 2007

HILDA Annual Report 2006  

You can download the report from the following website: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/areport.html (If you can not see the 2006 report on this page, then press the Refresh button on your browser.)  People who have ordered Release 5 will receive a hardcopy of the HILDA Annual Report in the next week or so. 
  
If you haven't done so already, you can order Release 5 data (which includes data from waves 1 to 5) by completing the applicable forms from: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/data.html

 

14 May 2007

HILDA SURVEY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2007
Thursday 19 and Friday 20 July 2007 at the University of Melbourne
 
The program for the HILDA Survey Research Conference 2007 is now available on the web site.* 
 
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/conf/hildaconf2007/program.htm
 
CONFERENCE
The conference will be held on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 July 2007 in the Old Arts Building and the Economics and Commerce Building at The University of Melbourne. This includes eight sessions (two plenary and six concurrent), lunch on both days and the conference dinner.
 
Please remember that registrations received before Friday 1 June 2007 will attract an early bird discount. After this date you will need to pay full price. (Discounts are available for students.)
 
DATA TRAINING
The HILDA Data User Training will be held the day before the conference on Wednesday 18 July 2007 in the Alan Gilbert Building, Grattan Street (map available on the web site). Registration for the data training can be done through the conference registration form. More information about the data training can be found at the HILDA Data User Training web site: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/usertraining.html
 
CONFERENCE DINNER
The Conference Dinner will be held at University House on Thursday 19 July 2007. The dinner is open to all conference attendees for an extra charge of $75.00. Our special guest speakers at the conference dinner are Dr Peter Dawkins, Secretary to the Victorian Department of Education and Mr Peter George from ACNielsen.
 
At the HILDA Survey Research Conference web site, you will find information on registration, venue, accommodation bookings and the program. For further enquiries regarding conference registration, please contact Ms Nicky Auster at 03 8344 2108 or nauster@unimelb.edu.au
 
*Please note that this is a preliminary program and changes may occur prior to the conference. 

 

9 May 2007

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA) - extension of data collection

Mark Wooden is very pleased to inform all HILDA Survey list subscribers that the Australian Government has announced, as part of the Budget released last night, that it will provide funding to extend the collection of HILDA Survey data for a further four years. This effectively guarantees the ongoing administration of the survey until end 2012, meaning data users (and other interested parties) can plan on a panel that will be at least 12 years long.

This obviously is fantastic news for the social science research community. There can be little doubt now that the HILDA Survey is well established itself and has made the transformation into a truly longitudinal data collection.

For more details about the Budget announcement, follow the link bellow:
 
http://www.facsia.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/aboutfacs/budget/Budget2007-07_wnwd-15.htm

27 February 2007

HILDA Conference Registrations Now Open

Click here to open the registration form.

The conference dates are 19th and 20th July 2007, with a special series of HILDA User training sessions being held in conjunction on the 18th.  You can register for both the conference and the training on the one registration form. 

The early bird price for a full registration entails a significant discount off the full price, so register soon to avoid disappointment!

The registration price includes morning/afternoon tea and lunch on both days for full two day registration and access to all papers through the web site. The conference dinner on Thursday 19 July is an extra $75.00.

The web site will be updated regularly with more information in the lead up to the conference.  We are accepting abstract submissions for conference papers up until Thursday April 5th 2007.  Details are can be found here.

Please feel free to email us if you have any questions about the paper submission or registration processes.

29 January 2007

Release 5.0

 The Deeds of Licence and Order Forms for Release 5 are now available from the HILDA website. Click here to access.

A list of frequently asked questions about ordering the data have also been answered.

On completing the Deed of Licence and Order Form for Release 5, you should post them directly to the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (rather than to the Melbourne Institute as you may have done in the past).

If you have any queries on how your application is progressing, please contact the HILDA team at FaCSIA via email.

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