HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Marital Status

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HDBElderlyandFutureElderlyResidentPopulationbyMaritalStatus.csv (96 rows, 3.5 KB)

SHS year Year (YYYY)	Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population Text	Sex Text	Marital status Text	Percentage Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2003	Elderly	Male	Married	79.3
2003	Elderly	Male	Widowed	12.4
2003	Elderly	Male	Divorced/Separated	3.3
2003	Elderly	Male	Single	5
2003	Elderly	Female	Married	40.9
2003	Elderly	Female	Widowed	49.8
2003	Elderly	Female	Divorced/Separated	4.1
2003	Elderly	Female	Single	5.3
2003	Elderly	All	Married	58.9
2003	Elderly	All	Widowed	32.3

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
SHS year	shs_year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population	elderly_pop	Text	-	Elderly resident population refers to resident population aged 65 years old and above. Future elderly resident population refers to resident population aged between 55 and 64 years old.
Sex	sex	Text	-	-
Marital status	marital_status	Text	-	-
Percentage	percentage	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_76eb0a0d52db203284c50ccfba84c815"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Housing & Development Board. (2021). HDB Elderly and Future Elderly Resident Population by Marital Status (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_76eb0a0d52db203284c50ccfba84c815/view

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HDBElderlyandFutureElderlyResidentPopulationbyMaritalStatus.csv (96 rows, 3.5 KB)

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