The Latest Just A Thought: What HILDA Means For Women In 2019 Even with women working longer hours and earning more than ever before, HILDA shows blokes aren’t stepping up on the home front in the same way. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 The Latest Just A Thought: What HILDA Means For Women In 2019 Even with women working longer hours and earning more than ever before, HILDA shows blokes aren’t stepping up on the home front in the same way. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article Just A Thought: When Leaders Use ‘We’, We All Win Next article Just A Thought: The New Women To Watch In Parliament If you’re reading this aloud then you need to take an extremely deep breath before embarking on the next sentence. New results from a longitudinal study called the Housing Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey (affectionately known by data nerds as ‘HILDA’) was released. Since 2001, the survey has followed the lives of 14,000 Australians and comes back to check on them each and every year.And what HILDA has to say in 2019? Well, it makes for pretty depressing reading. Just A Thought explores the cultural and political musings of Jamila Rizvi. justathought Best Of Future Women Culture The impossible choice faced by tens of thousands of Australian women By Rosa Volz Culture It’s morally corrupt. And it’s happening to one in six women By jitendermittal Culture How Toto’s* ex-husband used their children to keep her poor By jitendermittal Culture “Never an excuse”: Why Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon By jitendermittal Culture Janine never thought divorce would mean losing her family and friends By jitendermittal Culture “Invisible victims”: Why Conor was forced to live in an unsafe home By jitendermittal Culture Miranda*’s mothers group helped her escape abuse. Then the stalking began By jitendermittal Culture “We can’t change this on our own” By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
