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Economy

Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Main Reason for Leaving Last Job and Age Group (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/8827

Last updated 26 days ago (20 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

ResidentUnemployedPersonsAged15YearsandOverWhoWorkedBeforebyMainReasonforLeavingLastJobandAgeGroupGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (15 rows, 973 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
15 - 24
Text
25 - 34
Text
35 - 44
Text
45 - 54
Numeric
55 & Over
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)6.7%
(Null)6.7%
(Null)6.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)6.7%
Total8553995702039922891228049874
Retirement2308nanana4861823
Completion Of Contract/Job85151856208018882008683
Retrenchment141313821850365758392403
Cessation Of Business6404115767190025011120
Dismissal1630218270529408206
Illness/Injury/Accident31641414278051139653
Pay Too Low2823492806839493193
Poor Career Prospects7673131236311636914180
Long Hours/Work Too Demanding4165497108211681014404
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ed0b26013488649aafa52c4c5547ee5e"
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. (2024). Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Before by Main Reason for Leaving Last Job and Age Group (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ed0b26013488649aafa52c4c5547ee5e/view

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Created on

24 Oct 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)