Getting Started: Analysing HILDA with Stata 2026 (Canberra)

A 3-day hands-on introductory training course for the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey will be held in Canberra from Tuesday 1 December to Thursday 3 December, 9:15 am – 4:00 pm.

This 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 and go through all the steps necessary to answer the research questions involved.

An optional half-day introduction to Stata will also be provided in-person 1.30 pm - 4 pm, Monday 30 November for those that have not used Stata before.

The training will cover the following topics:

• Accessing the data

• Finding the right variables

• Visualising the data

• Merging household and individual data

• Dealing with missing values

• Using imputed values

• Creating analysis variables from HILDA data

• Applying weights

• Generating descriptive statistics in the panel context

• Understanding data patterns in the panel context

• Answering research questions with the data

• Solving problems that arise when using Stata to analyse HILDA data

Course Instructors
The course will be presented by Professor Robert Breunig and Dr Mossamet Kamrun Nesa.

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.

Dr Mossamet Kamrun Nesa is a Survey Statistician and is part of the HILDA Survey team at the Melbourne Institute, the University of Melbourne. She is responsible for imputation and undertakes data quality research.

Pre-requisites
To participate in this course, you will need to:

• Apply for and be approved to use HILDA General Release 22 for training purposes

• Have some experience writing syntax in a statistical software, such as Stata, R, SAS, or SPSS

• Have HILDA General Release 22 accessible from your laptop

• Have Stata (Version 14 or above) on your computer (student licenses can be provided if needed)

Cost (inc GST)

$1420 Standard
$990 Masters or PhD student

Places are limited. Registrations close 5pm Friday 20 November unless all places are taken earlier. Cancellations after this date will not be refunded.

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