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Collection: Sample Household Survey: Labour Force Participation Rate for HDB Resident Population, by Ethnic Group and Flat Type

Dataset: Labour Force Participation Rate of HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group

Housing

Labour Force Participation Rate of HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group

HDB (Housing & Development Board)

Data from Jan 2008 to Dec 2018

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Labour force participation rate by Ethnic group

Data explorer

LabourForceParticipationRateofHDBResidentPopulationbyEthnicGroup.csv (45 rows, 1000 B)

SHS Year
Year (YYYY)
Ethnic Group
Text
Gender
Text
Labour Force Participation Rate
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2008ChineseMale75.3
2008ChineseFemale55.4
2008ChineseAll65.2
2008MalayMale75
2008MalayFemale43.8
2008MalayAll58.8
2008IndianMale77.1
2008IndianFemale49.9
2008IndianAll63.2
2008OthersMale78.4
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9d46d391dba808d7b171d66204a30aa7"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Housing & Development Board. (2016). Labour Force Participation Rate of HDB Resident Population by Ethnic Group (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9d46d391dba808d7b171d66204a30aa7/view

About this dataset

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Created on

27 Jun 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

HDB (Housing & Development Board)