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Married Couples in Resident Households by Highest Qualification Attained of Husband and Wife (General Household Survey 2015)

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Cross-tabulation of married couples in Singapore resident households by the highest qualification attained of husband and wife, from the General Household Survey 2015 published by the Singapore Department of Statistics. Figures are in thousands, with wife's qualification down the rows and husband's qualification across columns spanning no qualification, primary, lower secondary, secondary, post-secondary (non-tertiary), polytechnic, professional qualification and other diploma, university, and students. Sociologists and family-policy researchers use the table to study educational assortative mating in Singapore. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8306.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8306

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Rows
10
Columns
11

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Thousands Total (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) No Qualification (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Primary (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Lower Secondary (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Secondary (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Polytechnic (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) University (Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Students
Total 939.000000 89.200000 68.800000 91.400000 171.100000 76.600000 282.400000 0.700000
No Qualification 112.900000 56.800000 15.400000 17.600000 12.900000 1.100000 1.000000 0.000000
Primary 74.300000 8.100000 23.300000 13.400000 19.000000 2.000000 1.000000 0.000000
Lower Secondary 82.100000 10.200000 8.100000 23.600000 18.900000 4.400000 3.600000 0.100000
Secondary 215.200000 10.100000 15.400000 23.400000 76.700000 18.500000 22.900000 0.000000
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) 79.400000 2.300000 4.000000 7.100000 16.100000 9.400000 16.600000 0.000000
Polytechnic 48.500000 0.300000 0.600000 1.600000 5.800000 13.100000 17.900000 0.000000
Professional Qualification And Other Diploma 81.600000 1.100000 1.400000 3.200000 12.700000 10.700000 28.000000 0.100000
University 243.900000 0.400000 0.600000 1.400000 8.900000 17.300000 190.600000 0.400000
Students 1.100000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.100000 0.000000 0.800000 0.100000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Thousands Text No
Total Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) No Qualification Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Primary Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Lower Secondary Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Secondary Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Polytechnic Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Professional Qualification And Other Diploma Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) University Numeric No
(Highest Qualification Attained Of Husband) Students Numeric No