| Topic | 2010 | 2006 | Main items available from 2010 | Comments |
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| Demographics | Yes | Yes | Age; Sex; Social marital status; Relationship in household; State/territory; Remoteness areas; Country of birth; Main language other than English spoken at home; etc. | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Health | Yes | Yes | Self assessed health status; Disability status; Disability type; Has education restriction; Has employment restriction; Healthcare delays. | Same content in 2010 as 2006 with additional items: whether delayed seeing GP because could not afford it; Whether delayed buying prescribed medicines because could not afford it. |
| Overall Life Satisfaction | Yes | No | Perceived level of satisfaction with life overall. | New item in 2010. |
| Housing | Yes | Yes | Housing: Tenure type; Landlord type; Weekly rent and mortgage payments. | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Mobility | Yes | Yes | Length of time in current dwelling; Number of times moved in last five years; Length of time in previous dwelling; Geographical area of previous dwelling; Tenure type of previous dwelling; All reasons and main reason for last move | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Education | Yes | Yes | Highest educational attainment; Main field of highest educational attainment; Highest year of school completed; Level of highest non- school qualification; Full-time/part-time study; Type of educational institution. | Same content in 2010 as 2006 with additional items: Field and level of current study. |
| Work | Yes | Yes | Labour force status; Full-time/part-time status; Hours usually worked in all jobs; Occupation in main job; Expected future duration in current job; Leave entitlements in main job; Retirement status. | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Income | Yes | Yes | Gross weekly income; Sources of income; Type of government pension/allowance; Whether government support has been main source of income in last 2 years | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Financial stress | Yes | Yes | Ability to raise emergency money; number and types of cash flow problems; number and types of dissaving actions | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Financial resilience and exclusion | Yes | No | Type(s) of financially resilient actions taken in last 12 months; Number of different types of financially resilient actions taken in last 12 months; Type(s) of financial exclusions experienced in last 12 months; Number of different types of financial exclusions experienced in last 12 months | New topic in 2010 |
| Assets and liabilities | Yes | Yes | Value of dwelling; Equity in dwelling; Type of selected assets; Amount owing on mortgage; Consumer debt | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Information technology | Yes | Yes | Whether used computer at home; Frequency of internet access; Purpose of internet activity. | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Transport | Yes | Yes | Perceived level of difficulty with transport; Access to motor vehicles; Travel time to work each day. | Same content in 2010 as 2006. |
| Family and community: Context | Yes | Yes | Types of personal stressors in last 12 months; Types of social activity in last 3 months. | Same content in 2010 as in 2006. |
| Family and community: Networks | Yes | Yes | Frequency of contact with family or friends; Source of support in time of crisis; Ability to ask for small favours. | Same content in 2010 as in 2006. |
| Family and community: Support for others | Yes | Yes | Whether provide support for children 0-17 living outside the household; Number of children 0-17 supported; Whether provide support for children 18-24 living outside the household; Number of children 18-24 supported; Type of support for children outside the household; Reasons child(ren) living in another household; Whether provide support for other relatives outside the household; Type of support for other relatives. | Same content in 2010 as in 2006. |
| Crime | Yes | Yes | Victim of physical or threatened violence; Victim of actual or attempted break-in; Feelings of safety at home alone during day and at night. | Same content in 2010 as in 2006. |
| Social disorder | Yes | No | All types of problems experienced in local area in last 12 months; Main type of problem experienced in local area in last 12 months; Degree of severity of main type of problem in local area in last 12 months; Source of knowledge about main type of problem in local area in last 12 months; Location(s) personally seen or experienced main type of problem in local area in last 12 months. | New topic in 2010 |
| Experience of homelessness | Yes | No | All situations ever experienced because did not have a permanent place to live; All reasons for ever being without a permanent place to live; whether selected person has ever experienced homelessness; Number of times experienced homelessness; Time since last without a permanent place to live; length of time of most recent experience without a permanent place to live; Whether sought assistance from service organisation(s) during most recent experience without a permanent place to live. | New topic in 2010 |
| Attendance at cultural venues | Yes | Yes | Whether attended selected cultural venues and events in last 12 months; Types of venues attended; all reasons why didn't attend venue or event; main reason did not attend venue or event. | Revised in 2010, additional items in 2010; all reasons and main reason why did not attend selected cultural venue or event. |
| Sports attendance | Yes | Yes | Whether has attended any sports events in last 12 months. | Same content in 2010 as in 2006. |
| Sports participation | Yes | Yes | Whether has participated in sport or recreational physical activity in last 12 months. | Question module changed since 2006 and an additional item collected: whether recreational or sporting activity was organised by a club, association or other organisation. |
| Social capital: Network qualities | Yes | Yes | Level of generalised trust; Level of trust in qualities institutions - doctor, hospitals, police in local area, police outside local area; Feels able to have a real say with family/friends/within community on important issues; Active involvement in social groups/civic groups/community groups in the last 12 months; Type of civic activity engaged in; Has family members or friends can confide in; Number of family members or friends can confide in ; Acceptance of other cultures. | Most content in 2010 same as in 2006. Acceptance of other cultures is a new topic. |
| Social capital: Network structure | Yes | Yes | Frequency of face-to-face contact with family and structure friends living outside the household; Frequency of other forms of contact; Other forms of contact used with family and friends; Frequency of Internet or SMS contact; Type of participation in group activities as child/youth; Whether parent(s) did voluntary work; Whether knows of someone in organisation would feel comfortable. | Same content in 2010 as in 2006. |
| Social capital: Network transactions | Yes | Yes | Provision of unpaid assistance in past four weeks to ex-household persons; Provision of unpaid assistance, by recipient; Whether provided unpaid care, help or assistance in last 4 weeks to others because of a disability, a long-term illness or problems related to old age; Whether attended a community event in past six months; Whether ever been active in project to organise new service or activity, or preserve existing one in the local area. | Same content in 2010 as in 2006. |
| Social capital: Network type | Yes | Yes | Proportion of friends of similar age; Proportion of friends of same ethnic background; Proportion of friends with same level of education; Number of organisations where personally knows someone. | Same content in 2010 as in 2006. |
| Voluntary work | Yes | Yes | Whether did unpaid work in last 12 months; Number of organisations volunteered for; Expenses related to voluntary work; Type of organisation volunteered for. | Less detailed information was collected in 2010, than in 2006. |
| Visa category | Yes | Yes | Whether hold Australian citizenship; Visa category; Whether main applicant; Whether temporary resident before becoming permanent. | Change to collection methodology so comparisons between 2010 and 2006 may not be possible. |
| Difficulty accessing service providers: episodic level | Yes | Yes | Whether had difficulty accessing service providers; Type of service where difficulty was experienced, Type of difficulty experienced. | Change to collection methodology. Sector (i.e. government, private or other non-profit organisation) of service provider no longer collected. The type of difficulties experienced are collected for up to three service types. |
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