Sources....data for quantative analysis

We're lucky in Australia to have researchers in families, relationships and gender who do world class work using quantitative data, as well as world class qualitative and theoretical sociologists. We're aided by the excellent quantitative data available to us. Here's a review of some of the main resources...

AUSSA
Australia collects survey data as part of the International Social Survey Program. The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes collects demographic and attitudinal data from a large sample. Political and gender attitudinal variables are included, as well as family composition and some ethnicity data. http://aussa.anu.edu.au/

Australian Bureau of Statistics- Time Use Survey
Three sets of data are available for the ABS Time Use Survey and contain data on primary and secondary activities in several groupings, and demographic characteristics including gender.

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/productsbytitle/169A13B1C885AF9CCA2570B60018A25E?OpenDocument

HILDA
We now have eight years worth of household panel data available through the Household Income Labour Dynamics Australia survey. There is family composition data as well as employment, health and lifestyle data. Because it's a panel survey it is possible to follow respondents over time and to track changes in circumstance. There is even some self report time use data, and family attitude variables.
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/

Negotiating the Life Course
The NLC survey investigates the links between gender, caring work, family formation and dissolution, career trajectories at three year intervals.
http://lifecourse.anu.edu.au/

Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
LSAC follows two cohorts of Australian children, investigating the contribution of children’s social, economic and cultural environments to their adjustment and wellbeing.
http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/

Footprints in Time - The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
LSIC collects similar data for Indigenous children.
http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/progserv/families/lsic/Pages/default.aspx

Australian Study of Health and Relationships
ASHR addressed issues of health and sexuality. It was conducted in 2001/2002.
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/ashr/ashr_contact.htm

Women's Health Australia
http://www.alswh.org.au/
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health - widely known as Women's Health Australia - is a longitudinal population-based survey, which examines the health of over 40,000 Australian women over a 20 year period. It was first funded in 1995. The project was designed to explore factors that influence health among women who are broadly representative of the entire Australian population

These surveys are available for use by researchers and many have TASA members involved in their operation.

What do you use, and what for? What would you like to see in Australia?