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Economy

Resident Employees Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Nature of Employment and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude national servicemen.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8805

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentEmployeesAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedNatureofEmploymentandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (5 rows, 778 B)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Permanent) Total
Numeric
(Permanent) Males
Numeric
(Permanent) Females
Numeric
(Contract) Total
Numeric
(Contract) Males
Numeric
(Contract) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) 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%
Total138046075056562989512069146595745473406193034899270311116175609255524
Below Secondary331631194747136883260587155526105061982254694353612223375227469
Secondary315952159624156329280614142369138245998456054379253541165013705
Post-Secondary*3984372083071901303600761887201713571989011207868318471838010090
University33444018788714655330563817295913267922233126189615657023104260
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8c432e951780543c0facf9049afb40cb"
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). Resident Employees Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Nature of Employment and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 16, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8c432e951780543c0facf9049afb40cb/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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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)