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Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife, and Ethnic Group of Couple (Census of Population 2000)

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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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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

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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