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Online Shoppers

Online Shoppers

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:08 SGT

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

#Definition: Proportion of Singapore residents who bought or ordered goods, services or made transaction over the internet before

#Introduction: The Annual Survey on Infocomm Usage in Households (“Survey”) has been conducted by IDA since the 1990s. The objective of the Survey is to assess the extent of infocomm adoption in Singapore resident households1 and residents.

#Methodology: Data was collected from about 3,500 households and about 3,500 residents via face-to-face interviews. The sample of addresses was provided by the Singapore Department of Statistics based on a random selection using a two-stage stratified design by geographical location and housing type.

3 related datasets

Related datasets are grouped into a collection based on themes, topics or common attributes for easier access and exploration. All datasets within a collection are published and managed by the same agency.

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the metadata for this collection. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
collection_id = 242          
url = "https://api-production.data.gov.sg/v2/public/api/collections/{}/metadata".format(collection_id)
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())