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Economy

Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Fewer Than 30 Hours Per Week But Are Willing and Able To Work Additional Hours by Age Group and Highest Qualification Attained (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8815

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentWorkingPersonsAged15YearsandOverWhoWorkedFewerThan30HoursPerWeekButAreWillingandAbleToWorkAdditionalHoursbyAgeGroupandHighestQualificationAttainedGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 593 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Below Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Post-Secondary*
Numeric
University
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
Total471331844611176107216789
15 - 19799205363231na
20 - 2421734414291082222
25 - 2928843985741014898
30 - 34391380569513741039
35 - 3962171546166315231485
40 - 4476842963196616741081
45 - 498662371424751748724
50 - 54657433431618964648
55 - 5943272548863587329
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_17083b93eea9bc59e082292831430192"
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. (2024). Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Fewer Than 30 Hours Per Week But Are Willing and Able To Work Additional Hours by Age Group and Highest Qualification Attained (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_17083b93eea9bc59e082292831430192/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)