Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Couple (Census of Population 2010)

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedofHusbandandWifeandEthnicGroupofCoupleCensusofPopulation2010.csv (10 rows, 7.7 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Numeric	(Both Chinese) Total Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Numeric	(Both Malays) Total Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Text	(Both Indians) Total Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Text	(Both Other Ethnic Group) Total Numeric	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Text	(Inter-Ethnic Group) Total Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Text
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Total	880812	110516	67341	108464	165810	92368	69989	47227	217774	1323	640749	92242	50293	80860	115016	59761	53610	33521	154449	999	94361	11523	10451	14982	26931	18033	5818	2713	3850	59	75943	3478	3549	6576	11425	7641	5862	5465	31863	86	20387	134	74	481	1040	776	933	1743	15142	62	49373	3139	2974	5565	11399	6157	3766	3785	12471	117
No Qualification	135959	72069	16900	23125	14764	5983	1383	887	836	12	109115	61807	12993	17967	10438	3936	985	560	422	6	16235	6875	2556	2962	2460	1205	89	76	12	-	5434	1907	754	1171	811	412	105	93	180	-	227	75	6	46	39	13	-	7	41	-	4948	1406	590	979	1015	416	204	150	180	6
Primary	74096	10330	22007	16145	16012	5756	1704	963	1173	6	55392	8607	16927	12149	11398	3707	1265	597	736	6	10261	1022	3176	2193	2552	1091	157	50	19	-	4852	406	1193	1044	1088	513	151	155	302	-	167	6	6	34	46	20	14	20	20	-	3424	288	705	725	928	425	117	140	96	-
Lower Secondary	104201	13068	10821	30911	24286	11404	5215	3567	4905	25	76263	10666	7898	23591	16751	7390	3983	2651	3327	6	13386	1290	1657	3647	3936	2206	377	202	65	6	7145	447	615	1927	1745	889	388	310	823	-	960	-	41	214	152	60	53	95	339	6	6447	664	610	1532	1702	859	413	309	350	6
Secondary	197490	11097	12840	25537	70427	29908	16977	11421	19137	145	141866	8211	9146	18076	49190	19655	13771	8807	14886	126	29899	1828	2265	4516	12174	6264	1531	747	562	13	13081	535	679	1595	4437	2156	844	890	1945	-	1388	13	13	58	351	123	69	173	589	-	11255	511	738	1293	4276	1710	761	805	1156	6
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	80233	2523	3093	6801	18247	19012	8941	6050	15497	68	55388	1865	2055	4701	11826	12107	6868	4211	11706	49	12261	383	663	1210	3565	4280	1104	554	496	6	5795	123	191	388	1350	1233	470	499	1535	6	1377	13	7	48	141	225	54	173	717	-	5412	139	176	455	1365	1168	445	614	1044	6
Polytechnic	46930	441	490	1648	6130	5631	13918	2812	15652	208	37146	364	401	1237	4455	3636	11388	2186	13291	187	4107	44	51	183	834	1219	1185	184	407	-	2693	13	-	100	368	408	728	183	886	7	563	7	-	6	14	20	142	34	332	7	2422	13	38	121	460	348	475	225	736	7
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma	59177	598	757	2626	8759	7035	7497	11441	20334	130	46095	453	572	2095	6393	4987	6107	8833	16540	116	3758	69	63	171	962	1069	550	501	366	6	4295	26	79	169	647	476	426	971	1493	8	1415	-	-	20	66	54	48	429	799	-	3614	51	43	171	690	448	367	707	1136	-
University	180335	384	408	1606	6985	7488	14014	9902	138912	638	118032	269	282	1014	4449	4272	8981	5559	92773	434	4276	12	19	82	415	643	800	374	1903	27	32236	19	32	182	951	1548	2723	2349	24366	65	14139	21	-	55	233	262	547	806	12175	41	11652	62	74	274	937	764	963	814	7695	70
Students	2391	6	25	64	200	152	340	184	1328	92	1451	-	18	31	116	70	263	116	769	70	177	-	-	19	32	57	26	25	19	-	413	-	6	-	27	6	27	14	333	-	151	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	130	7	199	6	-	14	26	19	19	22	77	14

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_NoQualification	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_Primary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_LowerSecondary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_Secondary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_Post_Secondary_Non_Tertiary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_Polytechnic	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_ProfessionalQualificationandOtherDiploma	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_University	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_07132a11c6cd50739aacae18d0f1a60d"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Couple (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 5, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_07132a11c6cd50739aacae18d0f1a60d/view

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