Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Couple (Census of Population 2000)
Description
Census of Population 2000 CSV of married couples in Singapore resident households by highest qualification attained of husband and wife and ethnic group of the couple. Qualification levels span no qualification through university and students, for both-Chinese, both-Malay, both-Indian, and both-other couples. Family and education researchers study educational assortative mating. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/17854.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 11/09/2023 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: Note: Data on inter-ethnic married couples have been updated as at 26 July 2023 to include only couples where both husband and wife are of different CMIO group. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17854
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Data
| Number | (Total) Total | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | (Both Chinese) Total | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | (Both Malays) Total | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | (Both Indians) Total | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | (Both Other Ethnic Group) Total | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | (Inter-Ethnic Group) Total | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 728193.000000 | 112527.000000 | 97522.000000 | 94669.000000 | 180658.000000 | 68545.000000 | 41367.000000 | 34662.000000 | 97521.000000 | 723.000000 | 556369.000000 | 73720.000000 | 127779.000000 | 36042.000000 | 27238.000000 | 78939.000000 | 556.000000 | 87491.000000 | 15238 | 15626 | 29127.000000 | 9127.000000 | 2134.000000 | 1821.000000 | 1401.000000 | 52 | 49260.000000 | 5441 | 13164.000000 | 1642 | 3055 | 10446.000000 | 70 | 3520.000000 | 31552.000000 | 3031 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No Qualification | 153676.000000 | 82377.000000 | 28534.000000 | 20865.000000 | 15878.000000 | 4127.000000 | 623.000000 | 835.000000 | 423.000000 | 14.000000 | 123780.000000 | 22274.000000 | 11723.000000 | 480.000000 | 641.000000 | 308.000000 | 5.000000 | 19703.000000 | 4188 | 3237 | 2461.000000 | 495.000000 | 44.000000 | 59.000000 | 10.000000 | 10 | 6290.000000 | 1245 | 939.000000 | 32 | 76 | 49.000000 | - | 210.000000 | 3692.000000 | 799 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | 106076.000000 | 11869.000000 | 36711.000000 | 19770.000000 | 27193.000000 | 6855.000000 | 1207.000000 | 1670.000000 | 796.000000 | 5.000000 | 79416.000000 | 27985.000000 | 19336.000000 | 1023.000000 | 1231.000000 | 571.000000 | 5.000000 | 15589.000000 | 5421 | 3154 | 4482.000000 | 976.000000 | 71.000000 | 167.000000 | 29.000000 | - | 7123.000000 | 2320 | 1973.000000 | 42 | 137 | 156.000000 | - | 203.000000 | 3745.000000 | 948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower Secondary | 83602.000000 | 9881.000000 | 11871.000000 | 24027.000000 | 23999.000000 | 7138.000000 | 2596.000000 | 2329.000000 | 1742.000000 | 19.000000 | 60880.000000 | 8779.000000 | 16517.000000 | 2165.000000 | 1871.000000 | 1260.000000 | 19.000000 | 12730.000000 | 1972 | 3863 | 4239.000000 | 940.000000 | 186.000000 | 144.000000 | 33.000000 | - | 6121.000000 | 727 | 1957.000000 | 131 | 196 | 316.000000 | - | 309.000000 | 3561.000000 | 376 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secondary | 193347.000000 | 6688.000000 | 16506.000000 | 23002.000000 | 82502.000000 | 24462.000000 | 14486.000000 | 11145.000000 | 14428.000000 | 130.000000 | 141616.000000 | 11616.000000 | 58000.000000 | 12635.000000 | 8835.000000 | 11957.000000 | 90.000000 | 28175.000000 | 3188 | 4353 | 13942.000000 | 3853.000000 | 787.000000 | 729.000000 | 332.000000 | 14 | 12737.000000 | 993 | 5662.000000 | 553 | 818 | 1094.000000 | 10 | 868.000000 | 9950.000000 | 697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upper Secondary | 66646.000000 | 1230.000000 | 2812.000000 | 4705.000000 | 17408.000000 | 16263.000000 | 6845.000000 | 5852.000000 | 11452.000000 | 78.000000 | 50474.000000 | 2196.000000 | 11911.000000 | 5890.000000 | 4645.000000 | 9351.000000 | 49.000000 | 7256.000000 | 382 | 833 | 2954.000000 | 2015.000000 | 397.000000 | 282.000000 | 269.000000 | 10 | 4785.000000 | 95 | 1351.000000 | 331 | 484 | 1025.000000 | 15 | 491.000000 | 3639.000000 | 138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Polytechnic | 21457.000000 | 76.000000 | 232.000000 | 516.000000 | 3120.000000 | 2230.000000 | 7186.000000 | 1479.000000 | 6537.000000 | 81.000000 | 18849.000000 | 208.000000 | 2594.000000 | 6573.000000 | 1285.000000 | 5918.000000 | 71.000000 | 1080.000000 | 14 | 43 | 240.000000 | 292.000000 | 338.000000 | 78.000000 | 76.000000 | - | 598.000000 | - | 106.000000 | 128 | 45 | 194.000000 | 5 | 75.000000 | 856.000000 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Diploma | 38176.000000 | 300.000000 | 682.000000 | 1271.000000 | 7386.000000 | 4695.000000 | 4648.000000 | 7834.000000 | 11264.000000 | 95.000000 | 32104.000000 | 551.000000 | 5708.000000 | 4258.000000 | 6622.000000 | 9995.000000 | 74.000000 | 1761.000000 | 62 | 110 | 609.000000 | 400.000000 | 178.000000 | 276.000000 | 98.000000 | 5 | 2035.000000 | 40 | 562.000000 | 92 | 430 | 493.000000 | 5 | 272.000000 | 2003.000000 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | 64055.000000 | 96.000000 | 170.000000 | 476.000000 | 3046.000000 | 2670.000000 | 3652.000000 | 3387.000000 | 50324.000000 | 234.000000 | 48382.000000 | 106.000000 | 1904.000000 | 2932.000000 | 2010.000000 | 39138.000000 | 195.000000 | 1114.000000 | 10 | 33 | 186.000000 | 143.000000 | 114.000000 | 71.000000 | 542.000000 | 5 | 9472.000000 | 20 | 605.000000 | 332 | 868 | 7058.000000 | 30 | 1086.000000 | 4002.000000 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students | 1159.000000 | 9.000000 | 5.000000 | 38.000000 | 125.000000 | 104.000000 | 125.000000 | 130.000000 | 556.000000 | 67.000000 | 868.000000 | 5.000000 | 85.000000 | 85.000000 | 98.000000 | 441.000000 | 48.000000 | 82.000000 | - | - | 14.000000 | 14.000000 | 19.000000 | 14.000000 | 11.000000 | 10 | 98.000000 | - | 10.000000 | - | - | 62.000000 | 5 | 5.000000 | 104.000000 | - |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | Numeric | No |
| [Total] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | Numeric | No |
| (Both Chinese) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | Numeric | No |
| [Both Chinese] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | Numeric | No |
| (Both Malays) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | Text | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | Text | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | Text | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | Numeric | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | Numeric | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | Numeric | No |
| [Both Malays] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | Text | No |
| (Both Indians) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | Text | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | Text | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | Text | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | Text | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | Text | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | Numeric | No |
| [Both Indians] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | Text | No |
| (Both Other Ethnic Group) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | Text | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | Text | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | Text | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | Text | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | Text | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | Text | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | Text | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | Text | No |
| [Both Other Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | Text | No |
| (Inter-Ethnic Group) Total | Numeric | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) No Qualification | Text | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Primary | Text | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Lower Secondary | Text | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Upper Secondary | Numeric | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Polytechnic | Numeric | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Other Diploma | Numeric | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) University | Numeric | No |
| [Inter-Ethnic Group] (Highest Qualification Attained of Husband) Students | Text | No |