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Resident Households by Household Living Arrangement and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)

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General Household Survey 2015 counts (in thousands) of Singapore resident households by household living arrangement and highest qualification attained of the household head. Qualification levels range from no qualification through university. Heads who are full-time students are excluded; part-time upgraders while working are included. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8253.

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Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Footnotes: Note: Data pertain to heads who are not attending educational institutions as full-time students. The data include those who are upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses while working. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8253

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

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Thousands Total No Qualification Primary Lower Secondary Secondary Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) Polytechnic Professional Qualification And Other Diploma University
Total 1223.500000 143.400000 92.2 116.000000 233.600000 120.800000 85.600000 86.500000 345.400000
Married Couple-Based Households 853.300000 71.200000 60.7 80.600000 158.700000 89.300000 69.600000 58.300000 264.800000
Young Head Aged Below 35 Years 72.100000 0.300000 0.6 1.700000 5.400000 8.500000 9.900000 5.900000 39.700000
No Children In Household 27.900000 0.100000 na 0.300000 1.300000 2.000000 3.200000 2.600000 18.400000
With Child(ren) In Household 44.200000 0.200000 0.6 1.500000 4.100000 6.500000 6.800000 3.300000 21.200000
Middle-Aged Head Aged 35 - 49 Years 315.500000 6.900000 9.3 14.300000 44.900000 31.600000 33.600000 27.600000 147.500000
No Children In Household 46.600000 1.100000 0.6 1.700000 6.500000 3.500000 5.300000 4.800000 23.100000
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 200.100000 2.700000 4.4 7.300000 23.600000 19.600000 21.800000 16.700000 104.100000
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years 43.500000 1.500000 1.7 3.200000 8.300000 5.800000 4.900000 3.800000 14.400000
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over 25.200000 1.600000 2.5 2.100000 6.500000 2.700000 1.700000 2.200000 5.900000
Mature Head Aged 50 - 64 Years 337.200000 29.500000 35.2 45.900000 82.900000 39.300000 22.100000 18.600000 63.900000
No Children In Household 54.500000 6.800000 6.6 8.500000 12.000000 5.200000 2.700000 3.100000 9.600000
With Youngest Child Below 12 Years 26.900000 1.200000 2.6 3.200000 5.600000 2.900000 2.100000 1.400000 7.900000
With Youngest Child Aged 12 - 15 Years 40.000000 2.100000 3.4 4.400000 10.000000 4.100000 3.100000 2.300000 10.600000
With Youngest Child Aged 16 Years And Over 215.800000 19.500000 22.5 29.800000 55.200000 27.000000 14.100000 11.800000 35.800000
Elderly Head Aged 65 Years And Over 128.500000 34.500000 15.6 18.700000 25.500000 10.000000 4.000000 6.300000 13.800000
No Children In Household 58.900000 17.200000 6.7 9.100000 10.900000 4.300000 1.500000 3.100000 6.100000
With Child(ren) In Household 69.500000 17.300000 8.9 9.600000 14.600000 5.700000 2.600000 3.200000 7.600000
Other Households With Family Nucleus 164.300000 30.800000 15.4 16.200000 36.300000 15.400000 7.800000 13.100000 29.400000
Households Without Family Nucleus 205.900000 41.300000 16.1 19.200000 38.700000 16.100000 8.100000 15.200000 51.200000

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