Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants, Release 6 (Waves 1-6)

Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants (BNLA) aims to identify factors which help or hinder positive settlement outcomes. BNLA follows 1,509 humanitarian migrating units who arrived in Australia or had their permanent visas granted in the six months between May and December 2013. Participants include offshore visa holders who arrived in Australia holding a permanent humanitarian visa and onshore visa holders who received their permanent protection visa between May and December 2013. Wave 1 took place from October 2013 to March 2014 interviewing 2,399 principal and secondary applicants. The first five waves of data collection were conducted annually. Waves 1, 3 and 5 interviews were conducted face-to-face and waves 2 and 4 interviews were conducted by telephone. Wave 6 was conducted 5 years after wave 5, between January and July 2023. Wave 6 data was collected online and face-to-face. The survey and participant materials were translated into 14 languages in wave 1, 9 languages in waves 2 - 5 and 5 languages in Wave 6. Interviews were conducted by bilingual interviewers; some interviews also used interpreters (interviews were conducted in nineteen languages in total in waves 1 and 2, thirteen languages in wave 3, eleven languages in wave 4, and ten languages in wave 5 and seven languages in wave 6). For Waves 2 and 4, shorter telephone interviews omit some of the questions asked in the longer face-to-face interviews. Topics covered by the study include: demographics, immigration experience, housing and neighbourhood, English language proficiency, education and training, employment and income, health, self-sufficiency, community support, personal resources and life satisfaction, and life in Australia. Additional modules include the child module in Wave 3, childcare and gender roles from Wave 5 and the COVID-19 and youth module in Wave 6. Researchers interested in using this data should note: (1) BNLA does not include data about migrants in the family and skilled streams of the permanent Migration Program; (2) BNLA only includes humanitarian migrants who arrived/were granted a visa during a specific time period; (3) Analysis at the state level is not possible.

《在澳大利亚重塑新生活：人道主义移民纵向研究》（BNLA）旨在探究有助于或阻碍移民积极定居结果的因素。BNLA对1,509个人道主义移民单元进行了追踪研究，这些单元在2013年5月至12月间抵达澳大利亚或获得永久居留签证。参与者包括在澳大利亚持有永久人道主义签证的海外签证持有者，以及2013年5月至12月间获得永久保护签证的境内签证持有者。第一轮调查于2013年10月至2014年3月进行，共访谈了2,399位主要申请人和次要申请人。前五轮数据收集均每年进行一次。第1、3和5轮访谈为面对面进行，而第2和4轮访谈则通过电话进行。第6轮调查在第五轮之后5年，即2023年1月至7月间进行。第6轮数据收集采用线上和面对面相结合的方式。第一轮调查中，调查问卷和参与者材料被翻译成14种语言，第2至5轮为9种语言，而第6轮为5种语言。访谈由双语访谈员进行，部分访谈还使用了翻译人员（第1和2轮调查中，访谈共使用19种语言，第3轮为13种语言，第4轮为11种语言，第5轮为10种语言，第6轮为7种语言）。在第2和4轮调查中，较短的电话访谈省略了面对面访谈中的一些问题。研究涵盖的主题包括：人口统计学、移民经历、住房和社区、英语语言能力、教育和培训、就业和收入、健康、自给自足、社区支持、个人资源和生活满意度，以及在澳大利亚的生活。此外，第3轮调查增加了儿童模块，第5轮增加了儿童照护和性别角色模块，第6轮增加了COVID-19和青年模块。对有意使用此数据的研究者请注意：（1）BNLA不包括永久移民计划中家庭和技能流移民的数据；（2）BNLA仅包括在特定时间段内抵达或获得签证的人道主义移民；（3）无法进行州级分析。