Introduction to the HILDA Survey

This 2.5 hour workshop provides an introduction to the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. It will be run via Zoom. The training is free to attend but registration is essential.

Available Dates

• Tuesday 1 April 2025, 1.30pm - 4.00pm AEDT (Zoom) - BOOKED OUT
• Tuesday 3 April 2025, 10:00am - 12:30pm AEDT (Teams) - BOOKED OUT
• Tuesday 26 August 2025, 1.30pm - 4.00pm AEDT (Zoom)
• Thursday 28 August 2025, 10:00am - 12:30pm AEDT (Teams)

For further details and to register for a date, please click the book now button.

The workshop aims to give participants an overview of the HILDA Survey, the datasets and documentation. It will cover the following:

• Sample design, following rules and fieldwork
• Survey content
• Response rates
• Datasets and conventions
• Using the documentation and finding variables
• Imputation, weights and data quality
• Creating your own datasets

The course will be presented by Associate Professor Nicole Watson, Co-Director of the HILDA Survey team at the Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne. She has been responsible for a range of HILDA survey activities since 2000, including the sample design, weighting, imputation and survey management.

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If you are interested in this workshop but are not able to attend you might find this article helpful: 'Finding your way around the HILDA Survey data' in the December 2021 edition of the Australian Economic Review.