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Take-up Rate of Government Paid Leave Schemes

Data from Jan 2016 to Jan 2021

Last updated: 01 Aug 2024, 16:03 SGT

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)

Take-up Rate of Government Paid Maternity, Paternity and Childcare leave.

Data explorer

TakeupRateofGovernmentPaidLeaveSchemes.csv (6 rows, 346 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Takeup Rate Of Government Paid Maternity Leave Text	Takeup Rate Of Government Paid Paternity Leave Text	Takeup Rate Of Government Paid Childcare Leave By Mother Text	Takeup Rate Of Government Paid Childcare Leave By Father Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2016	78%	47%	56%	49%
2017	77%	53%	55%	49%
2018	77%	53%	58%	51%
2019	79%	55%	62%	56%
2020	78%	53%	57%	51%
2021	76%	53%	58%	49%

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	Year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Takeup Rate Of Government Paid Maternity Leave	Takeup_Rate_of_Government_Paid_Maternity_Leave	Text	-	-
Takeup Rate Of Government Paid Paternity Leave	Takeup_Rate_of_Government_Paid_Paternity_Leave	Text	-	-
Takeup Rate Of Government Paid Childcare Leave By Mother	Takeup_Rate_of_Government_Paid_Childcare_Leave_by_Mother	Text	-	-
Takeup Rate Of Government Paid Childcare Leave By Father	Takeup_Rate_of_Government_Paid_Childcare_Leave_by_Father	Text	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_dd1328b6dfb51e11dd38c27bdf9b01da"
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.

Ministry of Social and Family Development. (2024). Take-up Rate of Government Paid Leave Schemes (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 19, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_dd1328b6dfb51e11dd38c27bdf9b01da/view

About this dataset

Contact

lee_wen_hui@msf.gov.sg

Created on

01 Aug 2024

Licence

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

Agency

MSF (Ministry of Social and Family Development)