Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Husband (Census of Population 2000)

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Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Husband (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 19/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6513

Last updated 3 months ago (16 May 2026)

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedofHusbandandWifeandEthnicGroupofHusbandCensusofPopulation2000.csv (10 rows, 4.2 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) No Qualification Numeric	(Total) Primary Numeric	(Total) Lower Secondary Numeric	(Total) Secondary Numeric	(Total) Upper Secondary Numeric	(Total) Polytechnic Numeric	(Total) Other Diploma Numeric	(Total) University Numeric	(Total) Students Numeric	(Chinese) Total Numeric	(Chinese) No Qualification Numeric	(Chinese) Primary Numeric	(Chinese) Lower Secondary Numeric	(Chinese) Secondary Numeric	(Chinese) Upper Secondary Numeric	(Chinese) Polytechnic Numeric	(Chinese) Other Diploma Numeric	(Chinese) University Numeric	(Chinese) Students Numeric	(Malays) Total Numeric	(Malays) No Qualification Text	(Malays) Primary Text	(Malays) Lower Secondary Text	(Malays) Secondary Numeric	(Malays) Upper Secondary Numeric	(Malays) Polytechnic Numeric	(Malays) Other Diploma Numeric	(Malays) University Numeric	(Malays) Students Text	(Indians) Total Numeric	(Indians) No Qualification Text	(Indians) Primary Text	(Indians) Lower Secondary Text	(Indians) Secondary Numeric	(Indians) Upper Secondary Numeric	(Indians) Polytechnic Text	(Indians) Other Diploma Text	(Indians) University Numeric	(Indians) Students Text	(Others) Total Numeric	(Others) No Qualification Text	(Others) Primary Text	(Others) Lower Secondary Text	(Others) Secondary Numeric	(Others) Upper Secondary Numeric	(Others) Polytechnic Text	(Others) Other Diploma Text	(Others) University Numeric	(Others) Students Text
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Total	728193	112527	97522	94669	180658	68545	41367	34662	97521	723	566255	93905	74670	69682	130704	51430	36637	28029	80628	571	94294	13606	16117	16676	31624	9933	2394	2092	1790	62	57858	4741	6355	7543	15952	6054	1950	3590	11591	81	9787	274	380	768	2379	1128	385	950	3512	10
No Qualification	153676	82377	28534	20865	15878	4127	623	835	423	14	124874	69645	22455	15989	11946	3316	527	665	327	5	20834	9566	4451	3436	2688	533	63	73	14	10	7357	2998	1520	1307	1101	249	32	86	64	na	611	169	108	134	143	29	na	12	17	na
Primary	106076	11869	36711	19770	27193	6855	1207	1670	796	5	80727	9792	28328	14609	19769	5296	1061	1293	576	5	16638	1398	5704	3365	4853	1042	71	176	29	na	8102	651	2550	1715	2350	468	52	162	156	na	608	29	130	82	222	49	22	39	36	na
Lower Secondary	83602	9881	11871	24027	23999	7138	2596	2329	1742	19	61949	7806	8869	17650	16866	5331	2217	1901	1289	19	13720	1435	2101	4150	4577	1041	209	168	38	na	7164	601	857	1959	2315	687	157	241	347	na	769	38	44	268	241	79	12	18	68	na
Secondary	193347	6688	16506	23002	82502	24462	14486	11145	14428	130	144328	5193	11860	16239	59193	17750	12818	9017	12168	90	30319	1050	3356	4669	15059	4120	870	810	366	19	15692	407	1208	1914	6966	2164	679	1033	1307	15	3009	38	82	180	1285	428	119	284	587	5
Upper Secondary	66646	1230	2812	4705	17408	16263	6845	5852	11452	78	51608	1041	2245	3399	12239	12346	5968	4806	9511	54	7943	119	411	847	3215	2226	454	325	336	10	5772	70	145	411	1691	1370	372	555	1143	15	1322	na	11	49	263	321	51	165	462	na
Polytechnic	21457	76	232	516	3120	2230	7186	1479	6537	81	19100	71	213	415	2661	1756	6616	1299	5994	76	1274	5	14	52	283	339	366	92	122	na	780	na	5	36	157	124	158	50	245	5	303	na	na	12	21	11	45	38	176	na
Other Diploma	38176	300	682	1271	7386	4695	4648	7834	11264	95	32738	276	570	1013	5862	3724	4283	6761	10175	74	2064	24	67	119	695	433	217	329	172	10	2511	na	45	95	697	433	107	519	604	11	862	na	na	44	133	105	42	226	313	na
University	64055	96	170	476	3046	2670	3652	3387	50324	234	50004	71	125	332	2085	1847	3053	2171	40122	200	1409	10	14	38	234	182	119	105	702	5	10372	15	25	106	666	540	391	944	7654	30	2270	na	5	na	62	101	89	168	1845	na
Students	1159	9	5	38	125	104	125	130	556	67	926	9	5	38	85	63	95	116	467	48	93	na	na	na	19	14	25	14	11	10	108	na	na	na	10	21	na	na	72	5	32	na	na	na	10	5	5	na	6	5

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) No Qualification	Total_NoQualification	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Primary	Total_Primary	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Lower Secondary	Total_LowerSecondary	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Secondary	Total_Secondary	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Upper Secondary	Total_UpperSecondary	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Polytechnic	Total_Polytechnic	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Other Diploma	Total_OtherDiploma	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) University	Total_University	Numeric	Number	-

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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 Husband (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_26b020c291e042845b90e7945f98a041/view

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedofHusbandandWifeandEthnicGroupofHusbandCensusofPopulation2000.csv (10 rows, 4.2 KB)

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