Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 10/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: Note: Data pertain to residents who are not attending educational institutions as full-time students. The data include those who are upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses while working. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2015' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/publications-and-methodology).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8355

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyHighestQualificationAttainedResidentialStatusandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (9 rows, 1000 B)

Thousands Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) Males Numeric	(Total) Females Numeric	(Singapore Citizens) Total Numeric	(Singapore Citizens) Males Numeric	(Singapore Citizens) Females Numeric	(Permanent Residents) Total Numeric	(Permanent Residents) Males Numeric	(Permanent Residents) 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%
Total	2948.5	1426.6	1521.9	2523.3	1240.5	1282.8	425.3	186.1	239.1
No Qualification	368.1	132.3	235.8	354.1	128.8	225.3	14	3.5	10.5
Primary	203.4	95.1	108.3	191.8	92.4	99.4	11.6	2.7	8.9
Lower Secondary	236.5	122.2	114.3	213.5	114.8	98.7	23	7.4	15.6
Secondary	544.8	242	302.8	491.8	223.8	267.9	53	18.2	34.8
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)	304	176.5	127.5	273.8	163.8	110.1	30.2	12.7	17.4
Polytechnic	268.1	164.8	103.3	243.2	150.1	93.1	24.9	14.7	10.2
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma	215.7	87.8	127.9	166.5	69	97.5	49.3	18.8	30.5
University	807.9	405.8	402.1	588.6	297.7	290.9	219.3	108.1	111.2

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Singapore Citizens) Total	SingaporeCitizens_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Singapore Citizens) Males	SingaporeCitizens_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Singapore Citizens) Females	SingaporeCitizens_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Permanent Residents) Total	PermanentResidents_Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Permanent Residents) Males	PermanentResidents_Males	Numeric	Thousands	-
(Permanent Residents) Females	PermanentResidents_Females	Numeric	Thousands	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d455e3b51a0a58d9c85a937af90fdba0"
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. (2023). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Residential Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved January 15, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d455e3b51a0a58d9c85a937af90fdba0/view

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