Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18)

Official website links end with .gov.sg

Government agencies communicate via .gov.sg websites (e.g. go.gov.sg/open). Trusted websites

Secure websites use HTTPS

Look for a lock () or https:// as an added precaution. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Scam alert

Government officers will never ask you to send money or share your details over the phone. When unsure, hang up and call Scamshield at 1799.

Data explorer

DistributionofMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesandHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarnerHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (176 rows, 15.2 KB)

Per Cent Text	Total 2/ Text	(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) No Qualification Text	(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Primary Text	(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Lower Secondary Text	(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Secondary Text	(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Text	(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Polytechnic Text	(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Professional Qualification & Other Diploma Text	(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) University Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)21.0%	(Null)28.4%	(Null)24.4%	(Null)22.2%	(Null)22.7%	(Null)19.9%	(Null)21.6%	(Null)21.0%	(Null)21.0%
TOTAL 1/	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	6.6	10.6	8.9	7.9	7.6	7.6	6.7	6.6	6
FOOD	6.1	9.5	8.3	7.4	7	7	6.2	6.1	5.5
Bread and Cereals	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.1
Meat	1	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.3	1	1.1	0.9
Fish and Seafood	1	2	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.1	1	0.8
Milk, Cheese and Eggs	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7
Oils and Fats	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Fruits	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8
Vegetables	0.8	1.6	1.3	1.1	1	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Per Cent	PerCent	Text	Per Cent	-
Total 2/	Total2	Text	Per Cent	-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) No Qualification	HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_NoQualification	Text	Per Cent	-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Primary	HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_Primary	Text	Per Cent	-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Lower Secondary	HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_LowerSecondary	Text	Per Cent	-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Secondary	HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_Secondary	Text	Per Cent	-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_PostSecondary_Non_Tertiary	Text	Per Cent	-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Polytechnic	HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_Polytechnic	Text	Per Cent	-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Professional Qualification & Other Diploma	HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_ProfessionalQualificationandOtherDiploma	Text	Per Cent	-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) University	HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_University	Text	Per Cent	-

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_68a49f9ee432ec96ce432c7fc83a2dde"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services and Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner (Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_68a49f9ee432ec96ce432c7fc83a2dde/view

Data explorer

DistributionofMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesandHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarnerHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (176 rows, 15.2 KB)

Column legend

Analyse this dataset with Colab Notebook

Sample OpenAPI query

Citation

About this dataset

Contact

Created on

Licence

Agency