Resident Households by Predominant Household Language and Highest Qualification Attained of Head of Household (General Household Survey 2015)
Description
General Household Survey 2015 CSV of Singapore resident households by predominant household language and highest qualification attained of the household head, in thousands. Excludes one-person and unrelated-person-only households; heads who are full-time students are excluded. Language and education researchers study how home language relates to head education. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8283.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.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/8283
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Thousands | Total | No Qualification | Primary | Lower Secondary | Secondary | Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) | Polytechnic | Professional Qualification And Other Diploma | University |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1058.100000 | 109.800000 | 79.3 | 101.300000 | 203.900000 | 108.100000 | 78.900000 | 73.900000 | 302.900000 |
| English | 387.600000 | 7.200000 | 8.6 | 19.500000 | 72.900000 | 37.700000 | 33.500000 | 36.800000 | 171.400000 |
| Mandarin | 362.700000 | 41.800000 | 35.6 | 43.600000 | 71.900000 | 36.700000 | 30.700000 | 22.000000 | 80.400000 |
| Chinese Dialects | 139.800000 | 45.200000 | 17.6 | 17.400000 | 24.000000 | 9.300000 | 4.400000 | 6.000000 | 15.700000 |
| Hokkien | 64.300000 | 24.300000 | 9.6 | 8.500000 | 10.400000 | 4.000000 | 2.000000 | 2.400000 | 3.200000 |
| Teochew | 28.200000 | 11.000000 | 3.7 | 3.700000 | 4.600000 | 1.700000 | 0.600000 | 0.600000 | 2.300000 |
| Cantonese | 38.300000 | 7.800000 | 3.6 | 4.100000 | 7.600000 | 3.100000 | 1.600000 | 2.600000 | 7.900000 |
| Other Chinese Dialects | 9.100000 | 2.200000 | 0.8 | 1.100000 | 1.400000 | 0.600000 | 0.200000 | 0.400000 | 2.300000 |
| Malay | 106.700000 | 12.300000 | 13.3 | 16.400000 | 28.500000 | 20.100000 | 6.700000 | 4.000000 | 5.200000 |
| Indian Languages | 50.900000 | 3.100000 | 4.1 | 4.300000 | 6.400000 | 4.000000 | 3.400000 | 4.700000 | 21.000000 |
| Tamil | 37.700000 | 3.000000 | 3.8 | 3.900000 | 5.300000 | 3.600000 | 2.800000 | 3.400000 | 11.800000 |
| Other Indian Languages | 13.200000 | 0.100000 | 0.2 | 0.400000 | 1.100000 | 0.300000 | 0.600000 | 1.200000 | 9.100000 |
| Others | 10.400000 | 0.100000 | na | 0.100000 | 0.100000 | 0.400000 | 0.200000 | 0.400000 | 9.100000 |
Columns
| 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 |