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Economy

Married Couples in Resident Households by Occupation of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 21/04/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/9140

Last updated 6 days ago (3 Sep 2026)

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyOccupationofHusbandandWifeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (11 rows, 1.5 KB)

Thousands
Text
Total
Numeric
(Occupation Of Husband) Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
(Occupation Of Husband) Professionals
Numeric
(Occupation Of Husband) Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
(Occupation Of Husband) Clerical Support Workers
Text
(Occupation Of Husband) Service & Sales Workers
Text
(Occupation Of Husband) Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers
Text
(Occupation Of Husband) Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Text
(Occupation Of Husband) Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Text
(Occupation Of Husband) Others1/
Text
(Occupation Of Husband) Not Working
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)18.2%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
Total939191142.8136.231.965.853.296.339.69.4172.9
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers81.742.617.67.911.81.32.20.50.95.9
Professionals102.528.44115.81.42.82.12.10.31.27.2
Associate Professionals & Technicians107.224.223.227.73.863.971.22.28.1
Clerical Support Workers116.624.511.125.689.68.313.83.21.311.1
Service & Sales Workers76.18.43.911.73.213.77.613.15.30.48.8
Craftsmen & Related Trades Workers6.10.70.20.8na0.51.31.20.5na0.8
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers130.90.41.811.21.83.10.90.21.5
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers58.220.74.52.46.76.312.69.70.213.2
Others1/0.70.10.10.2nanananana0.2na
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_0546f99c64628ee6d5d15215038edb2e"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Married Couples in Resident Households by Occupation of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0546f99c64628ee6d5d15215038edb2e/view

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Created on

12 Nov 2023

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)