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

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General Household Survey 2015 table of married couples in Singapore resident households by religion of husband and wife (figures in thousands). Husband religion columns cover no religion, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Catholic and other Christian, and other religions. Sociologists study inter-religious marriage patterns. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8612.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 23/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8612

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Thousands Total (Religion Of Husband) No Religion (Religion Of Husband) Buddhism (Religion Of Husband) Taoism1/ (Religion Of Husband) Islam (Religion Of Husband) Hinduism (Religion Of Husband) Sikhism (Religion Of Husband) Christianity- Catholic (Religion Of Husband) Christianity- Other Christians (Religion Of Husband) Other Religions
Total 939.000000 166.400000 313.5 99.8 132.1 57.2 3.7 58.1 105.7 2.5
No Religion 150.000000 110.700000 19.8 7.5 0.4 0.6 0.1 4.6 6.1 0.2
With Religion 789.000000 55.700000 293.7 92.3 131.7 56.6 3.6 53.5 99.6 2.3
Buddhism 318.400000 24.800000 272.4 10.7 0.1 0.5 na 4.1 5.3 0.5
Taoism1/ 90.500000 5.400000 6.3 76.8 na na na 1.1 0.9 na
Islam 132.800000 0.500000 0.3 0.1 130.9 0.4 na 0.2 0.4 na
Hinduism 55.600000 0.600000 0.4 na 0.1 53.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1
Sikhism 3.500000 0.100000 na na na 0.3 3.1 0.1 na na
Christianity 185.900000 24.000000 14 4.5 0.6 1.8 0.1 47.8 92.8 0.3
Catholic 69.100000 10.000000 7.1 2 0.4 1.5 0.1 45.3 2.6 0.1
Other Christians 116.800000 14.000000 6.9 2.5 0.2 0.3 na 2.5 90.2 0.2
Other Religions 2.200000 0.300000 0.2 0.2 na 0.2 na na na 1.4

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Thousands Text No
Total Numeric No
(Religion Of Husband) No Religion Numeric No
(Religion Of Husband) Buddhism Text No
(Religion Of Husband) Taoism1/ Text No
(Religion Of Husband) Islam Text No
(Religion Of Husband) Hinduism Text No
(Religion Of Husband) Sikhism Text No
(Religion Of Husband) Christianity- Catholic Text No
(Religion Of Husband) Christianity- Other Christians Text No
(Religion Of Husband) Other Religions Text No