Burns, RichardCrisp, Dimity2020-10-190933-7954http://hdl.handle.net/1885/212591Purpose: The objective of the current study was to quantify the extent to which Australia's tertiary students have reported poorer mental health in comparison with the general community between 2001 and 2017.The research in this paper uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. HILDA is funded by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Afairs (FaHCSIA) and managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute).application/pdfen-AU© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019201910.1007/s00127-019-01806-72021-11-28