HILDA Survey User Manual
Release 23
The HILDA Survey User Manual aims to cover the information that you need to know in order to begin using HILDA Survey data. Topics covered include:
- Missing data conventions
- Derived variables
- Matching wave data files to create longitudinal files
- Income and expenditure imputation
- Industry and occupation variables
- Australian and derived international coding schemes
- Using weights, and
- Data quality issues.
The User Manual also provides an overview of the documentation and a summary of the design and data collection procedures used by the HILDA Survey.
It is a living document, so expect it to be updated and added to in the future.
Download the HILDA Survey User Manual.
User manuals for previous releases
Please note that there are no user manuals for Releases 1 and 2.
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User Manual – Release 22 ((PDF 5.1 MB), 232 pages)
User Manual – Release 21 ((PDF 5.0 MB), 233 pages)
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User Manual – Release 20 ((PDF 4.9 MB), 220 pages)
User Manual – Release 19 ((PDF 3.7 MB), 233 pages)
User Manual – Release 18 ((PDF 3.2 MB), 245 pages)
User Manual – Release 17 ((PDF 4.4 MB), 238 pages)
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User Manual – Release 16 ((PDF 2.2 MB), 237 pages)
User Manual – Release 15 ((PDF 2.0 MB), 229 pages)
User Manual – Release 14 ((PDF 1.9 MB), 219 pages)
User Manual – Release 13 ((PDF 2.9 MB), 197 pages)
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User Manual – Release 12 ((PDF 3.6 MB), 192 pages)
User Manual – Release 11 ((PDF 3.3 MB), 168 pages)
User Manual – Release 10 ((PDF 1.4 MB), 176 pages)
User Manual – Release 9 ((PDF 2.1 MB), 166 pages)
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User Manual – Release 8 ((PDF 1.3 MB), 162 pages)
User Manual – Release 7 ((PDF 1.0 MB), 159 pages)
User Manual – Release 6 ((PDF 1.0 MB), 175 pages)
User Manual – Release 5 ((PDF 933.6 KB), 158 pages)
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User Manual – Release 4 ((PDF 1.2 MB), 147 pages)
User Manual – Release 3 ((PDF 772.7 KB), 121 pages)