Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Age Group of Couple (Census of Population 2020)

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MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedofHusbandandWifeandAgeGroupofCoupleCensusofPopulation2020.csv (10 rows, 6.6 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Diploma Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Full-Time Student Text	(Below 35 Years) Total Numeric	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Numeric	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Diploma Text	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[Below 35 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Full-Time Student Text	(35 - 49 Years) Total Numeric	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Numeric	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Text	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Diploma Numeric	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Numeric	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[35 - 49 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Full-Time Student Text	(50 - 64 Years) Total Numeric	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Numeric	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Text	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Diploma Numeric	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Text	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Numeric	[50 - 64 Years] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Full-Time Student Text	(65 Years & Over) Total Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Diploma Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University Text	[65 Years & Over] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Full-Time Student Text
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Total	977333	82098	57817	94439	157889	105781	88898	60058	329227	1127	84816	372	646	2123	7135	12621	12554	6166	42543	656	316994	3274	3765	11666	33596	32589	38823	25290	167585	407	338559	26315	24584	41556	70059	38128	28190	18301	91362	64	236963	52136	28822	39094	47098	22444	9332	10300	27737	-
No Qualification	101545	47410	12601	17698	12579	6829	1747	1349	1332	-	706	30	14	110	153	163	124	85	29	-	4883	698	246	566	1327	902	474	250	421	-	28928	9715	3470	6249	5369	2553	662	469	441	-	67028	36968	8871	10774	5730	3212	488	546	440	-
Primary	61879	8658	17453	11854	13843	6150	1514	1234	1173	-	539	8	102	25	184	175	-	38	7	-	3874	133	617	418	1118	715	286	221	364	-	25464	3401	6758	4845	6167	2628	752	541	371	-	32002	5116	9976	6566	6374	2632	476	433	430	-
Lower Secondary	91476	10480	9392	25418	20131	11039	5447	3646	5898	25	2419	69	76	460	555	771	173	109	192	15	13967	455	550	2712	3413	2446	1704	920	1758	10	41371	4949	4650	11130	9492	4889	2399	1412	2451	-	33719	5008	4117	11117	6671	2933	1172	1204	1497	-
Secondary	186239	9872	12297	22206	63153	28988	16349	11662	21650	63	7276	134	272	523	2028	2233	783	562	685	57	35161	923	1157	2716	10055	7725	4570	3117	4891	6	87048	5465	6399	11707	29746	12033	7504	4722	9472	-	56754	3350	4469	7259	21324	6997	3492	3261	6602	-
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	92490	3356	3533	8175	18760	23212	11181	7227	17005	41	7612	30	104	241	1190	3489	1220	667	671	-	24650	343	391	1593	4646	7065	3914	2170	4488	41	39410	1710	1973	4005	8708	8099	4635	2608	7671	-	20817	1274	1064	2336	4215	4559	1413	1782	4174	-
Polytechnic Diploma	59234	388	545	1937	6457	8225	17328	3868	20410	76	10550	18	37	130	838	2436	3773	900	2351	68	29065	147	193	871	3075	3805	8163	2068	10735	8	16330	169	290	754	2100	1663	4401	655	6298	-	3290	54	26	182	444	321	991	246	1026	-
Professional Qualification and Other Diploma	84096	1165	1196	3912	12253	9706	11109	14753	29945	56	7851	58	17	322	912	1495	1252	1563	2212	20	39038	252	319	1425	5302	4383	5565	7070	14703	20	28519	609	679	1696	4719	2948	3602	4246	10003	17	8688	245	181	469	1320	881	690	1874	3027	-
University	298550	741	801	3228	10641	11359	23991	16138	230841	811	47139	13	25	313	1223	1704	5145	2142	36122	451	165390	308	293	1367	4660	5428	14005	9394	129624	313	71355	298	365	1157	3738	3316	4231	3648	54554	47	14666	122	119	391	1020	910	610	954	10541	-
Full-Time Student	1825	28	-	12	70	275	231	182	973	53	724	13	-	-	52	154	85	102	273	45	966	15	-	-	-	121	142	80	599	9	135	-	-	12	18	-	3	-	101	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Text	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) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_Post_Secondary_Non_Tertiary	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic Diploma	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_PolytechnicDiploma	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Professional Qualification and Other Diploma	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_ProfessionalQualificationandOtherDiploma	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University	Total_HighestQualificationAttainedofHusband_University	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7499177f4349163adf2b24b66e30795f"
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 Age Group of Couple (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 13, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7499177f4349163adf2b24b66e30795f/view

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