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Number of Income Earners by Ethnic Group

Description

Housing & Development Board CSV from Sample Household Survey years 2008–2013 on the number and percentage of income earners by ethnic group in Singapore HDB households. Columns cover SHS year, ethnic group, earner count, and percentage. Housing and inequality researchers profile how multi-earner households vary across Chinese, Malay, Indian, and other groups.

Last updated
Coverage
2008-01-01 – 2013-12-31
Rows
50
Columns
4

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

SHS Year Ethnic Group Number of Income Earners Percentage
2008 Chinese None 8.000000
2008 Malay None 6.100000
2008 Indian None 7.200000
2008 Others None 7.200000
2008 All None 7.700000
2008 Chinese 1 person 34.100000
2008 Malay 1 person 37.800000
2008 Indian 1 person 42.800000
2008 Others 1 person 39.100000
2008 All 1 person 35.400000
2008 Chinese 2 persons 42.100000
2008 Malay 2 persons 35.700000
2008 Indian 2 persons 38.100000
2008 Others 2 persons 41.700000
2008 All 2 persons 40.900000
2008 Chinese 3 persons 11.000000
2008 Malay 3 persons 14.400000
2008 Indian 3 persons 8.500000
2008 Others 3 persons 9.800000
2008 All 3 persons 11.300000
2008 Chinese 4 or more persons 4.700000
2008 Malay 4 or more persons 6.000000
2008 Indian 4 or more persons 3.400000
2008 Others 4 or more persons 2.200000
2008 All 4 or more persons 4.800000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
SHS Year Year (YYYY) No
Ethnic Group Text No
Number of Income Earners Text No
Percentage Numeric (Percentage) No