Melbourne University’s Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey has produced a detailed report, showing how Australia coped during the global financial crisis.

 

The report’s wide ranging focus places a particular emphasis on the implications of the global financial crisis and the health of Australians over the period.

 

HILDA has also published four factsheets to explain the key findings of the survey, including:

 

 

The HILDA Survey report has been divided into Part A: Annual Update, which focuses on changes in key aspects of life in Australia, and Part B: Feature Articles, which analyses specific topics in more detail. 

 
Part A includes findings on Households and Family Life (changes in family structures; changes in marital status and marital satisfaction; parenting and work-family stress; child care issues; and people’s major life-events in the past year);
 
Incomes and Economic Wellbeing (people’s relative position in the distribution of household incomes; a description of the extent and nature of poverty; people’s reliance on welfare; financial stress experienced; and a study of expenditure on household products and services);
 
Labour Market Outcomes (an analysis of people who are employed vs. non-employed; changes in wage levels; how often people change jobs and why; differences between hours worked and work-hours preferred by people; household joblessness; and job satisfaction), and;
 
Life Satisfaction, Health and Wellbeing (assessments of their psychological wellbeing and physical health; satisfaction with family relationships and aspects of family life; the types of people with a shortfall in their social support networks; and people’s participation in the labour force and education sector.)

 

The full survey can be found here