Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Detailed) and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08)

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Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Detailed) and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08)

Last updated: 27 Oct 2024, 23:29 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/09/2019

Update Frequency: 5 years

Survey period: Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/16637

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DistributionofMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesDetailedandIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey200708.csv (395 rows, 25.1 KB)

Per Cent Text	Total Text	(Income Quintile 2/) 1st - 20th 5/ Text	(Income Quintile 2/) 21st - 40th Text	(Income Quintile 2/) 41st - 60th Text	(Income Quintile 2/) 61st - 80th Text	(Income Quintile 2/) 81st - 100th Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)33.7% 0.115.4% 0.27.6% 0.36.6% 0.45.8%	(Null)34.4% 0.115.4% 0.211.1% 0.45.6% 0.35.1%	(Null)32.9% 0.116.7% 0.28.6% 0.37.8% 0.64.1%	(Null)32.7% 0.117.2% 0.28.6% 0.46.3% 0.35.1%	(Null)34.4% 0.116.7% 0.46.6% 0.26.1% 0.36.1%	(Null)33.7% 0.118.2% 0.27.3% 0.35.8% 0.44.1%
TOTAL 1/	100	100	100	100	100	100
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	8.1	12	10.2	9	7.7	5.5
FOOD	7.5	11.3	9.5	8.4	7.2	5
Bread and Cereals	1.5	2.3	1.9	1.7	1.4	1
Rice	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1
Flour	na	na	na	na	na	na
Bread	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2
Noodles and pasta	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Biscuits and cookies	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Cakes and pastries	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Per Cent	PerCent	Text	Per Cent	-
Total	Total	Text	Per Cent	-
(Income Quintile 2/) 1st - 20th 5/	IncomeQuintile2_1st_20th5	Text	Per Cent	-
(Income Quintile 2/) 21st - 40th	IncomeQuintile2_21st_40th	Text	Per Cent	-
(Income Quintile 2/) 41st - 60th	IncomeQuintile2_41st_60th	Text	Per Cent	-
(Income Quintile 2/) 61st - 80th	IncomeQuintile2_61st_80th	Text	Per Cent	-
(Income Quintile 2/) 81st - 100th	IncomeQuintile2_81st_100th	Text	Per Cent	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f2e7430cf4ffa69d396eb238755d0c3d"
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). Distribution of Monthly Household Expenditure Among Resident Households by Type of Goods and Services (Detailed) and Income Quintile (Household Expenditure Survey 2007/08) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 11, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f2e7430cf4ffa69d396eb238755d0c3d/view

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DistributionofMonthlyHouseholdExpenditureAmongResidentHouseholdsbyTypeofGoodsandServicesDetailedandIncomeQuintileHouseholdExpenditureSurvey200708.csv (395 rows, 25.1 KB)

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