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Average 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)

Last updated: 08 Nov 2024, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/09/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2017/18

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16634

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AverageMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesandHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarnerHouseholdExpenditureSurvey201718.csv (176 rows, 16.4 KB)

Dollar
Text
Total 1/
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)2.8%
(Null)18.8%
(Null)13.1%
(Null)10.8%
(Null)4.5%
(Null)5.7%
(Null)6.8%
(Null)5.1%
(Null)4.0%
TOTAL4906.41396.82153.928763454.13920.95154.24696.86600.6
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES388.7210.8249.5291.2324.9361.3403.5366.5467
FOOD361189.5233270.6302.3333.7375.6340.3434.1
Bread and Cereals69.632.843.847.758.967.376.464.783.1
Meat60.336.944.651.751.860.561.660.568
Fish and Seafood57.339.843.251.351.255.765.65462.9
Milk, Cheese and Eggs4212.318.227.233.536.841.736.255.4
Oils and Fats7.74.45.46.26.57.78.36.99
Fruits47.122.226.529.936.938.144.745.761.2
Vegetables49.531.936.441.441.644.248.746.858.8

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
DollarDollarTextDollar-
Total 1/Total1TextDollar-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) No QualificationHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_NoQualificationTextDollar-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) PrimaryHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_PrimaryTextDollar-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Lower SecondaryHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_LowerSecondaryTextDollar-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) SecondaryHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_SecondaryTextDollar-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Post Secondary (Non-Tertiary)HighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_PostSecondary_Non_TertiaryTextDollar-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) PolytechnicHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_PolytechnicTextDollar-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) Professional Qualification & Other DiplomaHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_ProfessionalQualificationandOtherDiplomaTextDollar-
(Highest Qualification Attained of Main Income Earner) UniversityHighestQualificationAttainedofMainIncomeEarner_UniversityTextDollar-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6a52ee53513c990129bd75080f16d112"
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. (2023). Average 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 July 7, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6a52ee53513c990129bd75080f16d112/view

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02 Nov 2023

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