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Economy

Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Action Taken to Look for Work 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8822

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupActionTakentoLookforWorkandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (10 rows, 1.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Answered Advertisements) Total
Numeric
(Answered Advertisements) Males
Numeric
(Answered Advertisements) Females
Numeric
(Asked Friends/Relatives) Total
Numeric
(Asked Friends/Relatives) Males
Numeric
(Asked Friends/Relatives) Females
Numeric
(Registered With Employment Agencies) Total
Numeric
(Registered With Employment Agencies) Males
Numeric
(Registered With Employment Agencies) 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%
Total975135020247311571632816329000218871273491546946282341231151764825034
15 - 1931665782588199128217096712454263453930715813145
20 - 24119815286669584463531491614609135471156379777919462456
25 - 291250365975906850345633941138177360810894706201529792738
30 - 34109334896603771723174399815638167478172325851381674707
35 - 391142354295994702432173807207512218549903546361334637697
40 - 4412319597463457443345939842740142013206312563751505839666
45 - 4912799671260876926358733403649196916816362823541587875712
50 - 54106736443423148672969189834611982147976246429915831028555
55 & Over117158287342847893382140848863395149251934817115201162358
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d377d7485a4dc842798cb69eae6bb9db"
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 (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d377d7485a4dc842798cb69eae6bb9db/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)