This paper provides an assessment of the nature of attrition in the HILDA Survey sample between wave 1 and wave 2. More specifically, the paper presents summary statistics on the levels of response achieved in wave 2, reports on observable differences between wave 1 respondents who did not...

In 2001 the first wave of the HILDA Survey, Australia’s first ever large-scale household panel survey, was conducted. This article presents an introduction to this survey. It provides a summary of the design and the process by which the sample was selected, the type of information being...