The study has collected information on living and housing challenges in a range of areas such as:
- Personal circumstances - participants' physical and mental health; participation in the workplace, employment, education and training; and any significant life events;
- Family circumstances - participants' family status and living arrangements, support networks; and experiences of domestic and family violence;
- Housing circumstances - participants' housing situation, the periods, nature of, and reasons for, homelessness; and
- Use of support services - types of assistance sought and used, including health care and support services.
The Melbourne Institute subcontracted Roy Morgan Research to collect information for this study. Information was collected mostly through face to face interviews, although some interviews were conducted by telephone. Wave 1 survey was conducted between September and November 2011. The follow up surveys were conducted approximately 6 months apart with the fieldwork for wave 6 (final wave) concluded in May 2014.
