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Economy

Married Couples in Resident Households by Monthly Income from Work1/ and Working Status of Couple (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 03 Jul 2025, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Footnotes: 1/Includes employer CPF contributions.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8310

Data explorer

MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyMonthlyIncomefromWork1andWorkingStatusofCoupleGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (22 rows, 1.1 KB)

Thousands Text	Total Numeric	Both Husband & Wife Working Text	Only Husband Working Text	Only Wife Working Text	Both Husband & Wife Not Working Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)4.5%	(Null)4.5%	(Null)4.5%	(Null)90.9% 116.39.1%
Total	939	505.6	260.5	56.6	116.3
Below 1,000	15.5	0.8	7.7	7	na
1,000 - 1,499	32.7	2.3	21.3	9.1	na
1,500 - 1,999	31.3	6.3	19.3	5.8	na
2,000 - 2,499	35.4	11.1	18.9	5.4	na
2,500 - 2,999	32.6	14	15.1	3.5	na
3,000 - 3,999	60.7	29.2	25.8	5.8	na
4,000 - 4,999	59.9	34	21.7	4.2	na
5,000 - 5,999	53.2	32.6	18.4	2.3	na
6,000 - 6,999	53.8	35.9	16.3	1.6	na

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Thousands	Thousands	Text	Thousands	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Thousands	-
Both Husband & Wife Working	BothHusbandandWifeWorking	Text	Thousands	-
Only Husband Working	OnlyHusbandWorking	Text	Thousands	-
Only Wife Working	OnlyWifeWorking	Text	Thousands	-
Both Husband & Wife Not Working	BothHusbandandWifeNotWorking	Text	Thousands	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d9aecb2954fe4e5128985c7621091f59"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Married Couples in Resident Households by Monthly Income from Work1/ and Working Status of Couple (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 23, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d9aecb2954fe4e5128985c7621091f59/view

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Created on

12 Jan 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)