HILDA News - 2015
9 December 2015
Release 14 of the HILDA data (Waves 1-14) is now available. Please go to our "ordering the data" webpage for more information on how to apply to access the Release.
19 November 2015
In February HILDA will be holding a 3-day hands-on introductory HILDA Survey training course (17-19 February 2016) at the Australian National University and a short (optional) introduction to Stata will also be provided on 16 February. The course will be presented by Professor Robert Breunig and Ms Nicole Watson.
The course is designed for people who are interested in using the HILDA Survey data but have not yet done so. It will take a descriptive research problem such as “What happens to single mothers who receive Parenting Payment Single? Do they stay on the program from one year to the next? Do they move to another income support program? Do they leave income support?” and go through all the steps necessary to answer this question. We begin with the HILDA DVD and assume participants have relatively little experience in working with large data sets.
More information on the course can be found on the HILDA training webpage or registration page.
11 November 2015
Our next hands-on Introductory HILDA Survey Training Course is planned for 17-19 February in Canberra. This 3-day training course is designed for people who are interested in using the HILDA Survey data but have not yet done so. The course will be presented by Professor Robert Breunig (Australian National University) and Nicole Watson (University of Melbourne). For those that have not used Stata before there is an optional half day on the afternoon of 16 February to familiarise yourself with the package before the course begins. Registrations for this course are open.
10 November 2015
Pre-release orders of HILDA Wave 14 can now be sent to the Department of Social Services for approval. The official release of Wave 14 will be on Wednesday 9 December 2015. To order a pre-release dataset, please go to the HILDA "Ordering the data" webpage for more information.
If you require an organisational licence, you can request the forms from the Department of Social Services and if you require an individual licence, you can the forms on our webpage.
15 September 2015
We are running a three day hands-on training course from Monday 7 December to Wednesday 9 December on panel data analysis techniques using HILDA examples.
Professor Steve Pudney from the University of Essex will present a 3-day course on panel data analysis techniques on Monday 7 to Wednesday 9 December 2015 at the University of Melbourne. The course will use examples from the HILDA Survey and will include a hands-on lab session using Stata. More details can be found on our training information webpage.
Course details
Date: Monday 7 December – Wednesday 9 December 2015
Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: Lab to be advised, The Spot, 198 Berkeley Street, University of Melbourne
Cost: $1100 ($770 for PhD and Masters students)
Catering: Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.
Registration details
Please register early as places are limited. Delegates need to register for and attend all three days.
Cancellations within 5 working days prior to the start of the training will not be refunded.
Enquiries regarding the HILDA User Training may be directed to Kathryn Ryan on 03 8344 2108 or [email protected].
If you would like to receive notifications of other training courses, please subscribe to the HILDA mailing list.
15 July 2015
The latest HILDA Report - The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 12 - was released in July 2015.
This report, compiled and written by Roger Wilkins at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, showcases key features of the HILDA Survey data.
Brief statistical analysis of the first twelve waves of the HILDA study, conducted between 2001 and 2012, are presented in the report. Nine broad topics are examined:
- family life
- economic wellbeing
- labour market outcomes
- health and subjective wellbeing
- cognitive activity and cognitive ability
- education and labour market outcomes
- family background and economic wellbeing
- expenditure on food
- sexual identity
1 July 2015
We are running a course on Statistical Graphics in July.
Statistical Graphics – 21 July 2015
Course Information
What are statistical graphics, and how do they differ from presentation graphics and ‘infovis’ (information visualisation)? What constitutes a good or bad graph and what is the process for graph construction? How can I create a graph that looks like this?
The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to methods for effective visualisation of quantitative data for scientific research purposes, and to illustrate the methods using a mixture of show-and-tell and hands-on exercises by course participants.
The software used is Stata. (Course participants need a basic knowledge of Stata.)
Course instructor
The course will be presented by Professor Stephen Jenkins (London School of Economics).
Stephen Jenkins is an applied economist with substantial experience in the analysis of quantitative data. (For more information about his research and software, see http://ideas.repec.org/e/pje7.html.) Graphs form an integral part of his analytical portfolio.
To register, go to HILDA training.
9 March 2015
Due to the strong interest in our introductory HILDA training at the end of February, we have decided to rerun this course on 3-5 June. Details are below.
Getting started: Analysing HILDA with Stata - 3–5 June 2015
A hands-on introductory HILDA Survey training course will be held on 3–5 June 2015 at the University of Melbourne.
Course information
This 3-day training course is designed for people who are interested in using the HILDA Survey data but have not yet done so. It will take a descriptive research problem such as "What happens to single mothers who receive Parenting Payment Single? Do they stay on the program from one year to the next? Do they move to another income support program? Do they leave income support?" and go through all the steps necessary to answer this question.
We begin with the HILDA DVD and assume participants have relatively little experience in working with large data sets.
The training will then cover the following topics:
- Accessing the data
- Finding the right data
- Visualising the data
- Merging household and individual data
- Dealing with missing values
- Using imputed values
- Creating analysis variables from HILDA data
- Using weights
- Generating descriptive statistics in the panel context
- Understanding data patterns in the panel context
- Answering the question
There will be scope within the course to deal with individual questions which participants might have about data extraction and structure in panel data contexts.
Course instructors
The course will be presented by Professor Robert Breunig and Ms Nicole Watson.
Professor Robert Breunig is a member of the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. His primary applied research interests are in analysing individual and firm behaviour, evaluating government tax and transfer programs and analysing large data sets.
Nicole Watson is part of the HILDA Survey team at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. She has worked on the HILDA project since 2000 and has been involved in the sample design, weighting, imputation and overall survey management.
Pre-requisites
You do not need to have used the HILDA data or Stata before. You should have some experience with a statistical software package of some sort (eg. SAS, SPSS, Stata). If you have not used Stata before, please consider attending the free short Introduction to Stata course on Tuesday 2 June, 2.00pm - 5.00pm.
While the course will be taught in Stata, SAS equivalent code will be provided.
Course details
| Location: | 198 Berkeley Street, University of Melbourne (lab to be advised) |
| Date: | Wednesday 3 June to Friday 5 June 2015 |
| For participants who have little or no experience with Stata, there is a free short introduction to Stata, held Tuesday 2 June, 2.00pm – 5.00pm | |
| Time: | 9.15am – 4.00pm |
| Catering: | Lunch, morning and afternoon tea will be provided |
| Fees: | $850 ($580 PhD and Masters students) |
Registration
To register, go to www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/training
You may register your interest in the course with hilda-inquiries prior to 26 May. Payment must be made within 5 working days of being placed on our tentative list to secure your place.
Cancellations within 5 working days prior to the start of the training will not be refunded.
12 February 2015
The Next HILDA Survey Research Conference
Many HILDA Survey data users have been asking about the date of the next HILDA Survey Research Conference, which in the past has been held every second year, with the most recent held in October 2013.
We can now confirm that a conference will not be held in 2015.
Instead, the HILDA Survey Research Conference, along with the LSAC/LSIC Conference, will be merged into a larger national longitudinal data conference, proposed for 2016 and supported by the Department of Social Services (DSS).
The DSS has recently established a National Centre for Longitudinal Data and sees significant strategic value in a joined-up forum for research and discussion, including contemporary data linkage practice across longitudinal, administrative and census data. Its aims will include developing a coordinated framework for longitudinal studies in Australia and to highlight new ways that the data can be used to formulate and evaluate social policy.
This conference will bring together business and not-for-profit organisations in addition to governments and academia, and will be held every two years.
Once we have further details about this conference (and especially the date) we will let all HILDA Survey data users know.
For further information about the National Centre for Longitudinal Data, please email [email protected]
9 February 2015
Reminder for anyone wishing to register for the below training - we have a couple of spots available should you be interested in attending.
Getting started: Analysing HILDA with Stata - February 2015
A hands-on introductory HILDA Survey training course will be held on 25-27 February 2015 at the University of Melbourne.
This 3-day training course is designed for people who are interested in using the HILDA Survey data but have not yet done so. It will take a descriptive research problem such as “What happens to single mothers who receive Parenting Payment Single? Do they stay on the program from one year to the next? Do they move to another income support program? Do they leave income support?” and go through all the steps necessary to answer this question. We begin with the HILDA DVD and assume participants have relatively little experience in working with large data sets.
The training will then cover the following topics:
- Accessing the data
- Finding the right data
- Visualising the data
- Merging household and individual data
- Dealing with missing values
- Using imputed values
- Creating analysis variables from HILDA data
- Using weights
- Generating descriptive statistics in the panel context
- Understanding data patterns in the panel context
- Answering the question
There will be scope within the course to deal with individual questions which participants might have about data extraction and structure in panel data contexts.
The course will be presented by Prof Robert Breunig (Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University) and Nicole Watson (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne).
Location |
University of Melbourne |
Date |
Wednesday 25 February to Friday 27 February 2015 |
Time |
9.15am – 4.00pm |
Catering |
Lunch, morning and afternoon tea will be provided |
Fee |
$850 ($580 PhD and Masters students) |