Household, Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA)
The HILDA survey is a household-based panel study. The study regularly surveys all working-age members (over 15 years) of selected Australian households over the duration of the study. In Wave one, the study collected data from 13,969 individuals representing 7,682 households. The wave 11 data collection added a sample top-up of 2,153 households (5,462 individuals). HILDA's in scope population tends to increase as new participants join households and children in existing households come of age to join the study. As of March 2024, there have been 21 waves of data collection.
Study design
Cohort - open, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
13,969 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
> 15 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Australian households
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2001
Primary Institutions
Roy Morgan
University of Melbourne
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Department of Social Services (DSS)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
