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Economy

Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Action Taken to Look for Work and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 31/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8970

Last updated 18 days ago (22 Aug 2026)

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ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupActionTakentoLookforWorkandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (10 rows, 1.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Employment Service) Total
Numeric
(Employment Service) Males
Numeric
(Employment Service) Females
Numeric
(Advertisements/Wrote In) Total
Numeric
(Advertisements/Wrote In) Males
Numeric
(Advertisements/Wrote In) Females
Numeric
(Asked Friends Or Relatives) Total
Numeric
(Asked Friends Or Relatives) Males
Numeric
(Asked Friends Or Relatives) 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%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total940065231941687441718852533561052946726638229701493080401051360374476
15 - 1935065892917172341392485329215563918845121139172
20 - 2410764467160938702795917816322045971226802424851370481
25 - 291364071926449810344466989250424850167811085701261698563
30 - 341190664275479616257359787940283851198613746121426768657
35 - 3912937724056975191603598012434436692976194010361429796633
40 - 44139978227577053325727675214398312441312544158718121028784
45 - 4911981725647253952301646130366724634042251715251415841574
50 - 548951607128812901881024128274213863365232510401168816352
55 & Over632346471676213135782242169854329272132795941682260
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_a0f1233c301cc774c04c5a674ea23763"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Action Taken to Look for Work and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a0f1233c301cc774c04c5a674ea23763/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)