The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA) is an Australian household-based longitudinal study which began in 2001.
[1] It has been used for examining a wide variety of economic, social, health and other issues, examples of which include: the incidence of persistent poverty; assets and income in the transition to retirement; the correlates and impact of changes in physical and mental health; the social and health impacts of climate change;[2] and an international comparison of wealth and happiness.
The inaugural director of the study was Professor Mark Wooden, who served in the role from 2000 to 2023.
The datasets (PSPP/SPSS, SAS and Stata files) are available for legitimate research purposes and application can be made from the Australian Data Archive.
A bibliography of published research, the survey methodology, the questionnaires and a user manual are available from the Melbourne Institute's HILDA website.