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Economy

Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Duration of Unemployment and Previous Occupation (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8831

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverWhoWorkedBeforebyDurationofUnemploymentandPreviousOccupationGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (6 rows, 834 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
Senior Officials & Managers
Numeric
Professionals
Numeric
Associate Professionals & Technicians
Numeric
Clerical Workers
Numeric
Service & Sales Workers
Numeric
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Text
Production Craftsmen & Related Workers
Numeric
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers
Numeric
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
Numeric
Workers Not Classifiable By Occupation
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total85539575350631261417074170816464791143587631212
Under 5230411051131736054657505013140827582761422
5 - 910566612633168420612277na71213771107103
10 - 149269574548114518212193265641299918180
15 - 24185101221122729283508334313169824791883210
25 & Over241532295133932525027421713209735222095296
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5d7e23de9111e129cbb62a80b897dd80"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Duration of Unemployment and Previous Occupation (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5d7e23de9111e129cbb62a80b897dd80/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)