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Average Monthly Household Expenditure Per Household Member Among Resident Households Comprising Solely Non-Working Persons Aged 65 Years and Over by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Expenditure Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/07/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16432

Last updated 27 Oct 2024

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditurePerHouseholdMemberAmongResidentHouseholdsComprisingSolelyNonWorkingPersonsAged65YearsandOverbyTypeofGoodsandServicesBroadandExpenditureQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201213.csv (15 rows, 1.3 KB)

Dollar
Text
Total
Numeric
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 1st - 20th
Numeric
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 21st - 40th
Numeric
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 41st - 60th
Numeric
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 61st - 80th
Numeric
(Expenditure Quintile 1/) 81st - 100th
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total983.7307.6502.1705.11024.62379.3
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages168.262.595.7170.1208.6304.2
Clothing and Footwear16.50.83.25.41261.1
Housing and Utilities178.486.6105.2124.6165.6410
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance75.87.438.879.481.1172.1
Health14629.539.592.1164404.6
Transport62.15.812.623.460208.7
Communication31.710.916.424.233.773.4
Recreation and Culture81.73.722.92855.4298.2
Food Serving Services 2/119.965.3103.481.9135.3213.6
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dataset_id = "d_46b171b3cac6087225006d84cd019f99"
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Average Monthly Household Expenditure Per Household Member Among Resident Households Comprising Solely Non-Working Persons Aged 65 Years and Over by Type of Goods and Services (Broad) and Expenditure Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_46b171b3cac6087225006d84cd019f99/view

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27 Oct 2024

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