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Economy

Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 19/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes:   

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6517

Last updated 1 month ago (16 Aug 2026)

Updated every 10 years

Data explorer

MarriedCouplesinResidentHouseholdsbyHighestQualificationAttainedofHusbandandWifeGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (10 rows, 995 B)

Number
Text
Total
Numeric
No Qualification
Text
Primary
Numeric
Lower Secondary
Numeric
Secondary
Numeric
Upper Secondary
Numeric
Polytechnic
Numeric
Other Diploma
Numeric
University
Numeric
Students
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total78681010193994006102022171561782515671835129146254930
No Qualification13360872331225701916913437375692070970016
Primary10283811292369042137222589654316961246118213
Lower Secondary980628344145212842026011993142403101348213
Secondary18916276491553923047729812834915876991315664143
Upper Secondary742211681296060501934416351818050941447192
Polytechnic3773924749410505111387911772239112683112
Other Diploma42313281682187373504617573374841423557
University107111114323989453546848047509682957366
Students1756na135120314125495880118
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_fb90b75821ce86399f5e9391f1c6bae7"
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.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_fb90b75821ce86399f5e9391f1c6bae7/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)