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Economy

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

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8306

Last updated 7 days ago (2 Sep 2026)

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedofHusbandandWifeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (10 rows, 1.3 KB)

Thousands
Text
Total
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) No Qualification
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Primary
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Lower Secondary
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Secondary
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Polytechnic
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) University
Numeric
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Students
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%
Total93989.268.891.4171.197.476.661.4282.40.7
No Qualification112.956.815.417.612.97.11.10.910
Primary74.38.123.313.4196.221.310
Lower Secondary82.110.28.123.618.99.94.43.43.60.1
Secondary215.210.115.423.476.732.718.515.422.90
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)79.42.347.116.117.99.46.116.60
Polytechnic48.50.30.61.65.8513.14.117.90
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma81.61.11.43.212.79.110.715.2280.1
University243.90.40.61.48.99.417.315190.60.4
Students1.10000.10.1000.80.1
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_299d0ae37cba6f2c357d4ce86551b9cd"
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. (2023). Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_299d0ae37cba6f2c357d4ce86551b9cd/view

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Created on

12 Nov 2023

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

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