In 2001 the first wave of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, Australia’s first ever large-scale household panel survey, was conducted. This paper 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 collected, and the procedures employed for data collection...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of household tobacco smoke exposure in children presenting to asthma clinic at Prapokklao Hospital and to survey parental knowledge and perception to the dangers of household smoke exposure. Parents/guardians who brought their children to asthma clinic during June-September 2014 were interviewed to complete survey questionnaires. If there we...

Differential unit non-response in household wealth surveys biases estimates of top tail wealth shares downward. Using Monte Carlo evidence, I show that adding only a few extreme observations to wealth surveys is sufficient to remove the downward bias. Combining extreme wealth observations from Forbes World’s billionaires with the Survey of Consumer Finances, the Wealth and Assets survey and the...

Abstract: We analyze nonresponse to questions on financial items such as income and asset holdings in household surveys using data from a controlled field experiment. As part of the SAVE study, a representative survey conducted in Germany in 2001, questions on household income and financial assets were administered using different modes (personal interview vs. drop-off questionnaire). The data ...

OBJECTIVES Household food insecurity is a major determinant of undernutrition, yet there is little information on its prevalence in the South African population. This paper assesses household food insecurity in South Africa using a quantitative and objective measure, known as food poverty, and provides prevalence estimates by geographic area and socio-economic condition. DESIGN Secondary data...

INTRODUCTION Considerable morbidity, mortality, and costs are associated with household emergency situations involving natural hazards and fires. Many households are poorly prepared for such emergency situations, and little is known about the psychosocial aspects of household emergency preparedness. PROBLEM The aim of this study is to promote a better understanding of homeowners' experiences ...

We review three alternative approaches to modelling survey noncontact and refusal: multinomial, sequential and sample selection (bivariate probit) models. We then propose a multilevel extension of the sample selection model to allow for both interviewer effects and dependency between noncontact and refusal rates at the household and interviewer level. All methods are applied and compared in an ...

This paper examines the experiences of South East Queensland (SEQ) households concerning rainwater harvesting (RH). Although the adoption of household rainwater harvesting is currently booming after extended stagnation at around 8% in SEQ, what actually motivates this adoption is not well understood. A survey of 90 households in Ipswich (one of 18 Local Government Areas in the region) comprisin...

This paper shows how large family size can be an important contributor to household poverty. It presents results from recent research by the author using nationally representative household survey data that demonstrate clearly how large family size can contribute to poverty and vulnerability through its impact on household savings, labor supply, and parental earnings and education of children. ...