Student Applications

Not all data held in the Archive is available for student applications. This page provides guidelines for the most popular data for students - DSS Longitudinal Studies Datasets.

Most DSS Longitudinal Studies Datasets can be used for teaching or training purposes and offer a 'training dataset'. Below are the current training releases.

Current Training Dataset	Description	Link
HILDA General Release 22	Living in Australia: The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey provides longitudinal data on the lives of Australian residents.	https://dataverse.ada.edu.au/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.26193/R4IN30
LSAC Release 8	Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is a major study following the development of approximately 10,000 young people and their families from all parts of Australia.	https://dataverse.ada.edu.au/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.26193/VTCZFF
LSIC 12	Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) follows the development of up to 1,759 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families across urban, regional and remote Australia.	https://dataverse.ada.edu.au/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.26193/7IGLME
BNLA 4	Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA): The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants follows the settlement journey of 2,399 humanitarian migrants and their families who arrived in Australia or were granted a permanent humanitarian visa between May and December 2013.	https://dataverse.ada.edu.au/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.26193/ZQHBPW

Process for Course Coordinators / Teaching Staff

1. Review the data documents to determine this data will achieve the teaching objective.
2. If you are employed and teaching at the Australian National University, fill out this form Data Requests for ANU Coursework
3. All other institutions should email us ada@ada.edu.au and include the following information:

Course/Unit:
Start date:
End date:
Teaching objective:
Dataset(s) required:
Approx # students:

Other Datasets and Suggested Uses for Teaching

Dataset	Use Cases	Notes
ANU Poll	Quantitative Research Methods & Statistics Survey Design & Social Research Methods Topics such a political science, public policy etc	Appplication process so students can see data governance in practice
Australian Election Studies	Australian Politics and Government Electoral Systems and Behaviour Political Representation and Gender Politics Quantitative Research Methods in Social Science Longitudinal and Panel Data Analysis (Advanced Quantitative)	Many files are open access - see files with "GENERAL"
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes	Quantitative Social Research Methods Sociology of Religion Environmental Sociology and Policy Labour Studies, Industrial Relations, and Work Sociology	General release files are considered for teaching, not the restricted release