Residents Outside the Labour Force Aged 15 Years and Over by Age and Sex
Ministry of Manpower Comprehensive Labour Force Survey series on Singapore residents aged 15 and over who are outside the labour force, tabulated by age and sex. Mid-year figures cover citizens and permanent residents not working and not actively seeking work, with gaps in 1995, 2000, and 2005 when census-related surveys replaced the CLS. Policy analysts study detachment from work versus retirement and caregiving. Annual data from 1991–2022 anchor Singapore open labour-market statistics on non-participation.
Official description
* Data are for mid-year. * Residents refer to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents. * Residents outside the labour force refer to residents aged 15 years & over who were not working, did not have a job to return to and were not actively looking for a job during the reference period. * Data for 1995, 2000 and 2005 are not available as the Comprehensive Labour Force Survey was not conducted in these years due to the conduct of the Population Census 2000, General Household Surveys 1995 and 2005 by the Singapore Department of Statistics. * 2007 data have been adjusted based on latest revised population estimates from the Singapore Department of Statistics to facilitate comparisons with 2008 onwards. Source: Comprehensive Labour Force Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM
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- Ministry of Manpower
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