Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Couple (Census of Population 2000)

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedofHusbandandWifeandEthnicGroupofCoupleCensusofPopulation2000.csv (10 rows, 7.3 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Numeric	(Both Chinese) Total Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Numeric	(Both Malays) Total Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Text	(Both Indians) Total Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Text	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma Text	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Text	(Both Other Ethnic Group) Total Numeric	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Text	[Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Text	(Inter-Ethnic Group) Total Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students Text
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Total	728193	112527	97522	94669	180658	68545	41367	34662	97521	723	556369	93310	73720	68340	127779	50444	36042	27238	78939	556	87491	12965	15238	15626	29127	9127	2134	1821	1401	52	49260	4127	5441	6372	13164	4944	1642	3055	10446	70	3520	137	93	265	806	382	89	261	1488	-	31552	1988	3031	4065	9781	3647	1460	2287	5247	45
No Qualification	153676	82377	28534	20865	15878	4127	623	835	423	14	123780	69344	22274	15766	11723	3239	480	641	308	5	19703	9199	4188	3237	2461	495	44	59	10	10	6290	2645	1245	1085	939	218	32	76	49	-	210	93	27	33	45	-	-	-	12	-	3692	1097	799	743	710	175	66	59	43	-
Primary	106076	11869	36711	19770	27193	6855	1207	1670	796	5	79416	9706	27985	14353	19336	5206	1023	1231	571	5	15589	1290	5421	3154	4482	976	71	167	29	-	7123	584	2320	1509	1973	403	42	137	156	-	203	5	38	33	93	5	-	11	18	-	3745	285	948	721	1310	265	70	124	23	-
Lower Secondary	83602	9881	11871	24027	23999	7138	2596	2329	1742	19	60880	7697	8779	17353	16517	5217	2165	1871	1260	19	12730	1353	1972	3863	4239	940	186	144	33	-	6121	491	727	1722	1957	581	131	196	316	-	309	22	16	116	110	23	5	-	17	-	3561	317	376	973	1176	378	108	117	116	-
Secondary	193347	6688	16506	23002	82502	24462	14486	11145	14428	130	141616	5136	11616	15871	58000	17475	12635	8835	11957	90	28175	976	3188	4353	13942	3853	787	729	332	14	12737	337	993	1522	5662	1749	553	818	1094	10	868	16	11	55	388	152	11	69	167	-	9950	222	697	1201	4511	1233	500	694	877	15
Upper Secondary	66646	1230	2812	4705	17408	16263	6845	5852	11452	78	50474	1008	2196	3281	11911	12143	5890	4645	9351	49	7256	114	382	833	2954	2015	397	282	269	10	4785	55	95	321	1351	1107	331	484	1025	15	491	-	-	5	93	151	18	37	186	-	3639	53	138	265	1099	847	209	403	620	5
Polytechnic	21457	76	232	516	3120	2230	7186	1479	6537	81	18849	71	208	396	2594	1732	6573	1285	5918	71	1080	-	14	43	240	292	338	78	76	-	598	-	-	26	106	94	128	45	194	5	75	-	-	5	5	-	5	12	47	-	856	5	10	45	175	112	142	60	302	5
Other Diploma	38176	300	682	1271	7386	4695	4648	7834	11264	95	32104	271	551	989	5708	3636	4258	6622	9995	74	1761	24	62	110	609	400	178	276	98	5	2035	-	40	85	562	328	92	430	493	5	272	-	-	17	55	17	6	77	100	-	2003	5	29	70	453	314	115	428	579	11
University	64055	96	170	476	3046	2670	3652	3387	50324	234	48382	66	106	294	1904	1736	2932	2010	39138	195	1114	10	10	33	186	143	114	71	542	5	9472	15	20	101	605	444	332	868	7058	30	1086	-	-	-	18	34	38	55	940	-	4002	5	34	48	333	313	235	383	2646	5
Students	1159	9	5	38	125	104	125	130	556	67	868	9	5	38	85	58	85	98	441	48	82	-	-	-	14	14	19	14	11	10	98	-	-	-	10	21	-	-	62	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	104	-	-	-	15	10	15	18	42	5

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_NoQualification	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_Primary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_LowerSecondary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_Secondary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_UpperSecondary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_Polytechnic	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_OtherDiploma	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_University	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5920b6406fc89cc7f30102cfa8c37070"
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). Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Couple (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 5, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5920b6406fc89cc7f30102cfa8c37070/view

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