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Economy

Resident Employees Aged 15 Years and Over by Marital Status, Nature of Employment and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

Last updated: 20 Jun 2025, 22:01 SGT

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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude national servicemen.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8804

Data explorer

ResidentEmployeesAged15YearsandOverbyMaritalStatusNatureofEmploymentandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (5 rows, 746 B)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Permanent) Total
Numeric
(Permanent) Males
Numeric
(Permanent) Females
Numeric
(Contract) Total
Numeric
(Contract) Males
Numeric
(Contract) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total138046075056562989512069146595745473406193034899270311116175609255524
Single401142198121203021341280164035177245240251277211253358372131514522
Married918368532431385938816920479438337482356382151214126658093148034329
Widowed17174395013224128893072981691415975633717192652
Divorced/Separated4377616063277133582413028227961352457896659925794021

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Permanent) TotalPermanent_TotalNumericNumber-
(Permanent) MalesPermanent_MalesNumericNumber-
(Permanent) FemalesPermanent_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Contract) TotalContract_TotalNumericNumber-
(Contract) MalesContract_MalesNumericNumber-
(Contract) FemalesContract_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_263c8258e5392f4e843f1dbdace94819"
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 Employees Aged 15 Years and Over by Marital Status, Nature of Employment and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 7, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_263c8258e5392f4e843f1dbdace94819/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)