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Foster Families

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Number of foster families as of 31 December of the specified year.

Last updated 1 Oct 2024

Data explorer

FosterFamilies.csv (11 rows, 155 B)

Year Total
Text
(Null)0.0%
2013, 243
2014, 282
2015, 357
2016, 420
2017, 456
2018, 498
2019, 530
2020, 564
2021, 595
2022, 596
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_504d6c0e34ce4f56159ad643d89730ae"
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.

Ministry of Social and Family Development. (2024). Foster Families (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_504d6c0e34ce4f56159ad643d89730ae/view

About this dataset

Contact

joel_ong@msf.gov.sgng_xi_hui@msf.gov.sgcloe_everitt@msf.gov.sgpoh_si_jia@msf.gov.sg

Created on

01 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)