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The HILDA Survey and its Contribution to Economic and Social Research (So Far)*
Author(s) -
WOODEN MARK,
WATSON NICOLE
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00395.x
Subject(s) - respondent , survey research , survey data collection , data collection , survey methodology , panel survey , general social survey , geography , regional science , economics , demographic economics , socioeconomics , sociology , statistics , political science , social science , mathematics , law
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is Australia's first nationally representative household panel survey. This article reviews the achievements of the HILDA Survey since its inception in 2001. It briefly describes the design of the survey and the data collection process, provides summary statistics about response and respondent characteristics, and reviews key research findings that have been published using the first four waves of data.