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Collection: MCCY Social Values Survey

Dataset: Description of variables

Arts & Culture

Description of variables

Data from Dec 2018 to Mar 2019

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:40 SGT

MCCY (Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth)

Contains the description of variables found in “Social Values Survey data”

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6b8a71d993dec5e5096cf1dd9befc1a2"
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 Culture, Community and Youth. (2023). Description of variables (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 28, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6b8a71d993dec5e5096cf1dd9befc1a2/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

16 Jun 2023

Licence

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

Agency

MCCY (Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth)

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Arts & Culture

Description of variables

Data from Dec 2018 to Mar 2019

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:40 SGT

MCCY (Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth)

Contains the description of variables found in “Social Values Survey data”

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Data explorer

Descriptionofvariables.csv (120 rows, 10 KB)

Var name Text	Var label Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
uid	UID. Unique respondent ID
sample	Sample. Sample type
gender	Gender. Gender
age_2	Age_2. Age groups
dwelling	Dwelling. Dwelling type
industry	Industry. Current industry
social_involve_1	Social_involve. Participation in any social groups - Sports related groups (e.g. soccer, running, badminton etc)
social_involve_2	Social_involve. Participation in any social groups - Arts and Cultural groups (e.g. dance groups, book club, band etc)
social_involve_3	Social_involve. Participation in any social groups - Community groups (e.g. resident community etc)
social_involve_4	Social_involve. Participation in any social groups - Welfare & Self-Help groups (e.g. non-profit organisations)

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Var name	var_name	Text	-	-
Var label	var_label	Text	-	-

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