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Computer ownership by housing type

Data from Jan 2000 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:07 SGT

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

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Computerownershipbyhousingtype.csv (38 rows, 631 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Housing type Text	Computer access at home Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2000	private	78
2000	public	58
2001	private	81
2001	public	60
2002	private	87
2002	public	64
2003	private	93
2003	public	70
2004	private	90
2004	public	70

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Housing type	housing_type	Text	-	-
Computer access at home	computer_access_at_home	Numeric	Number	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. 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
          
dataset_id = "d_f078b7a2e3b220af4d3bfe676c4e7e69"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Info-communications Media Development Authority. (2016). Computer ownership by housing type (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f078b7a2e3b220af4d3bfe676c4e7e69/view

About this dataset

Contact

info@imda.gov.sg

Created on

04 May 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)