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Economy

Number Of Households On Comcare Long-Term Assistance By Gender Of Main Applicant, Annual

Data from Jan 2012 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 14 Jul 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT

Data Last Updated: 24/10/2023

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data refer to financial year which begins on 1 April of the current year and ends on 31 March of the following year.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891391

Data explorer

NumberOfHouseholdsOnComcareLongTermAssistanceByGenderOfMainApplicantAnnual.csv (3 rows, 352 B)

Data Series Text	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 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%
Total	3718	3926	4078	4156	4261	4409	4387	4248	3846	3568	3420
Male	2447	2588	2667	2730	2793	2871	2853	2763	2519	2308	2208
Female	1271	1338	1411	1426	1468	1538	1534	1485	1327	1260	1212

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Number	-
2014	2014	Numeric	Number	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_30ef8d8ec7e50b25b1adb374e204a3de"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Households On Comcare Long-Term Assistance By Gender Of Main Applicant, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 2, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_30ef8d8ec7e50b25b1adb374e204a3de/view

About this dataset

Contact

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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)