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Single Parent & Teenage Births by Ethnic Group from 2005 onwards

Data from Jan 2005 to Jan 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:24 SGT

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)

Single Parent Births by Ethnic Group from 2005 Onwards

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SingleParentTeenageBirthsbyEthnicGroupfrom2005onwards.csv (72 rows, 1.4 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Ethnic Group Text	Single Parent Births Text	Teenage Births Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% Malays25.0% Others25.0% Chinese25.0% Indians25.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2005	Chinese	160	251
2005	Malays	240	485
2005	Indians	57	74
2005	Others	24	43
2006	Chinese	158	229
2006	Malays	248	462
2006	Indians	52	75
2006	Others	37	72
2007	Chinese	153	231
2007	Malays	311	458

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Ethnic Group	ethnic_group	Text	-	Ethnic group of mother
Single Parent Births	single_parent_births	Text	-	Refers to Live-Births registered without the father's name
Teenage Births	teenage_births	Text	-	Refers to Live-Births born to teenagers aged 19 and below

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9df8d9f4545fa651b4be4614b4762f4c"
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.

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. (2016). Single Parent & Teenage Births by Ethnic Group from 2005 onwards (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 7, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9df8d9f4545fa651b4be4614b4762f4c/view

About this dataset

Contact

ICA_Data_Management@ica.gov.sg

Created on

07 Apr 2016

Licence

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

Agency

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)