HILDA Survey Indicators Added to the Atlas
New Dataset
A new set of indicators derived from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey has been added to the Atlas, with outputs available at State/Territory and SA4 levels. These indicators provide information on financial literacy, education and participation, employment, health and wellbeing for young people aged 15 to 24 years.
The financial literacy indicators include both component measures and derived score-based measures. Component indicators report whether respondents correctly answered questions relating to inflation, diversification, interest calculation, risk and return, and money illusion. A total financial literacy score was also derived from these five questions and grouped into low, moderate and high financial literacy. These financial literacy indicators are available for 2016, 2020 and 2024.
Additional HILDA indicators include full-time student status, highest education level, employment status, self-rated health, long-term health condition, life satisfaction, nervousness, feeling calm and peaceful, vitality, and health-related social functioning. These indicators are available from 2001 to 2024 where relevant variables are available.
State/Territory outputs were produced for age groups 15 to 17, 18 to 24 and 15 to 24 years, by male, female and all sex categories where feasible. SA4 outputs were produced for the 15 to 24 age group only, with sex set to all, due to sample-size limitations. Reported values are population-weighted estimates derived using HILDA cross-sectional weights, with uncertainty flags included to support interpretation of estimate reliability.
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