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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Economic Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Updated 5 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2015' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/publications-and-methodology).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8431

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInEconomicStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (19 rows, 2.8 KB)

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(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Working) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active- Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Total
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Males
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total3275.91589.61686.32236.61218.91017.72151.91174.5977.484.744.440.31039.3370.7668.5
Not Literate10422.981.122.81012.721.79.512.210.60.581.312.968.4
Literate3171.81566.71605.22213.81208.810052130.21165965.283.643.839.8958357.9600.1
One Language Only850.2411.8438.5484.9279.5205.4468.3269.3199.116.510.26.3365.3132.3233.1
English Only324.8191.9132.9210.9136.274.6201.313071.29.66.23.411455.758.3
Chinese Only472.2204.6267.6255.9134.6121.3249.8130.91196.13.72.3216.370146.3
Malay Only39.812.627.312.86.95.912.26.75.50.60.20.4275.621.4
Tamil Only9.62.47.23.61.523.51.520.1006.10.95.2
Non-Official Language Only3.70.33.51.80.21.51.60.21.40.20.10.1201.9
Two Languages Only2152.61073.610791591.8857.5734.41528.7825.5703.263.23231.2560.8216.2344.6

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Data type
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Description
ThousandsThousandsTextThousands-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericThousands-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericThousands-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Total) TotalEconomicallyActive_Total_TotalNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Total) MalesEconomicallyActive_Total_MalesNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Total) FemalesEconomicallyActive_Total_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Working) TotalEconomicallyActive_Working_TotalNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Working) MalesEconomicallyActive_Working_MalesNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Working) FemalesEconomicallyActive_Working_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Unemployed) TotalEconomicallyActive_Unemployed_TotalNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Unemployed) MalesEconomicallyActive_Unemployed_MalesNumericThousands-
(Economically Active- Unemployed) FemalesEconomicallyActive_Unemployed_FemalesNumericThousands-
(Economically Inactive) TotalEconomicallyInactive_TotalNumericThousands-
(Economically Inactive) MalesEconomicallyInactive_MalesNumericThousands-
(Economically Inactive) FemalesEconomicallyInactive_FemalesNumericThousands-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_81df6267fd1ed0c628188e2ba484b591"
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). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Economic Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved January 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_81df6267fd1ed0c628188e2ba484b591/view

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Created on

01 Nov 2023

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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)

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