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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over With Below Polytechnic Qualification Who Acquired Vocational Qualification by Field of Study, Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8693

Last updated 27 days ago (19 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverWithBelowPolytechnicQualificationWhoAcquiredVocationalQualificationbyFieldofStudyTypeofVocationalQualificationAcquiredandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (12 rows, 1.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Basic Certificate) Total
Numeric
(Basic Certificate) Males
Numeric
(Basic Certificate) Females
Numeric
(Advanced Certificate) Total
Numeric
(Advanced Certificate) Males
Numeric
(Advanced Certificate) Females
Numeric
(Diploma/Advanced Diploma*) Total
Numeric
(Diploma/Advanced Diploma*) Males
Numeric
(Diploma/Advanced Diploma*) 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%
Total24263714898693651865845866827915133769819005186922284841813867
Education8193159565982567717924562422215548012764204
Fine & Applied Arts367417851889104847557314587966621167514653
Humanities & Social Sciences33741546182822699881281653367286452192260
Business & Administration6170711676500311196628789088397365554341811000632446762
Health Sciences653911535386118437481048936504243462129333
Information Technology62724013226011885866022948210784121361320817
Architecture & Building985388291024476443843804804423357228521273
Engineering Sciences772896621511074291682209870704712943202392799191577
Engineering, Manufacturing & Related Trades49730457733957265582412624322298121499148219014743
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_37f6e041ddfad61de2357caaf835f252"
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. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over With Below Polytechnic Qualification Who Acquired Vocational Qualification by Field of Study, Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_37f6e041ddfad61de2357caaf835f252/view

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24 Oct 2024

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