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Employed Residents Aged 15 Years and Over by Ethnic Group, Employment Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Description

Census of Population 2020 employment table for residents aged 15 and over by ethnic group, employment status (employer, own-account worker, employee, contributing family worker), and sex. Published in CSV by the Singapore Department of Statistics. Labour economists study self-employment, ethnic labour market patterns, and gender gaps across employment types.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17549

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Employers) Total (Employers) Males (Employers) Females (Own Account Workers) Total (Own Account Workers) Males (Own Account Workers) Females (Employees) Total (Employees) Males (Employees) Females (Contributing Family Workers) Total (Contributing Family Workers) Males (Contributing Family Workers) Females
Total 2208358.000000 1178431.000000 1029927.000000 102846.000000 71899.000000 30946.000000 206755.000000 144759.000000 61996.000000 1891293.000000 959065.000000 932228.000000 7465.000000 2709.000000 4757.000000
Chinese 1682947.000000 876157.000000 806791.000000 87417.000000 61106.000000 26311.000000 169266.000000 117178.000000 52088.000000 1420433.000000 695721.000000 724713.000000 5830.000000 2152.000000 3679.000000
Malays 266642.000000 154040.000000 112602.000000 2449.000000 1438.000000 1011.000000 19806.000000 15974.000000 3833.000000 243578.000000 136261.000000 107317.000000 809.000000 368.000000 441.000000
Indians 189780.000000 112083.000000 77697.000000 8979.000000 6603.000000 2376.000000 12525.000000 8893.000000 3631.000000 167704.000000 96415.000000 71289.000000 573.000000 171.000000 402.000000
Others 68989.000000 36152.000000 32837.000000 4001.000000 2752.000000 1248.000000 5157.000000 2713.000000 2444.000000 59578.000000 30668.000000 28910.000000 253.000000 18.000000 235.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(Employers) Total Numeric No
(Employers) Males Numeric No
(Employers) Females Numeric No
(Own Account Workers) Total Numeric No
(Own Account Workers) Males Numeric No
(Own Account Workers) Females Numeric No
(Employees) Total Numeric No
(Employees) Males Numeric No
(Employees) Females Numeric No
(Contributing Family Workers) Total Numeric No
(Contributing Family Workers) Males Numeric No
(Contributing Family Workers) Females Numeric No