HILDA Online Data Dictionary Release 23

Variable

vfmagelh

Label

History: How old were you when you first moved out of home as a young person

Population

All

Subject Area

BACKGROUND - Family Background

Survey Wave

Data File

Responding Person File

Frequency

RP	Mean	20
	Std Dev	4
	N Obs	13,811

Notes

Combined answer from first interview for continuing persons and answer from NPQ for new persons. If a person had not moved out of home when first interviewed and subsequently does so, the age is taken as the age when last observed to be living at home.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18 W19 W20 W21 W22 W23

Value	Label
99	Still living at home

Missing data values

-1	Not asked
-2	Not applicable
-3	Dont know
-4	Refused/Not stated
-5	Multiple response SCQ
-6	Implausible value
-7	Not able to be determined
-8	No SCQ
-9	Non-responding household
-10	Non-responding person