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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

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General Household Survey 2015 counts (in thousands) of Singapore residents aged 15 and over by language literate in, highest qualification attained, and sex, excluding full-time students. Education and literacy researchers link qualification levels to language literacy. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8205.

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 pertain to residents 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. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2015' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information). Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8205

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Thousands (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (No Qualification) Total (No Qualification) Males (No Qualification) Females (Primary) Total (Primary) Males (Primary) Females (Lower Secondary) Total (Lower Secondary) Males (Lower Secondary) Females (Secondary) Total (Secondary) Males (Secondary) Females (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Total (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Males (Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)) Females (Polytechnic) Total (Polytechnic) Males (Polytechnic) Females (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Total (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Males (Professional Qualification And Other Diploma) Females (University) Total (University) Males (University) Females
Total 2948.500000 1426.600000 1521.900000 368.100000 132.300000 235.800000 203.400000 95.100000 108.300000 236.500000 122.200000 114.300000 544.800000 242.000000 302.800000 304.000000 176.500000 127.500000 268.100000 164.800000 103.300000 215.700000 87.800000 127.900000 807.900000 405.800000 402.100000
Not Literate 103.800000 22.700000 81.000000 99.800000 21.000000 78.800000 2.600000 1.300000 1.300000 0.200000 0.100000 0.100000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.400000 0.700000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.100000 0.000000 0.100000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
Literate 2844.800000 1403.900000 1440.900000 268.300000 111.300000 157.000000 200.800000 93.900000 106.900000 236.300000 122.100000 114.100000 544.700000 242.000000 302.800000 303.000000 176.200000 126.800000 268.100000 164.800000 103.300000 215.700000 87.800000 127.900000 807.900000 405.800000 402.100000
One Language Only 811.300000 387.200000 424.100000 214.700000 84.900000 129.800000 123.900000 54.600000 69.200000 104.400000 53.300000 51.200000 146.500000 66.600000 79.900000 60.300000 33.900000 26.400000 25.600000 18.800000 6.800000 38.300000 17.700000 20.700000 97.500000 57.300000 40.200000
English Only 287.800000 168.600000 119.200000 11.000000 5.900000 5.100000 14.800000 8.300000 6.500000 23.800000 14.000000 9.800000 70.200000 35.100000 35.000000 32.400000 20.700000 11.700000 21.400000 16.800000 4.600000 26.400000 14.600000 11.800000 87.900000 53.200000 34.700000
Chinese Only 470.800000 203.700000 267.100000 179.200000 73.700000 105.500000 96.100000 41.800000 54.300000 74.700000 37.400000 37.400000 70.800000 29.900000 40.900000 25.800000 12.300000 13.500000 4.100000 2.000000 2.100000 11.500000 2.900000 8.600000 8.600000 3.800000 4.800000
Malay Only 39.400000 12.300000 27.100000 19.000000 4.400000 14.600000 10.500000 4.100000 6.300000 4.400000 1.800000 2.700000 3.700000 1.200000 2.500000 1.500000 0.800000 0.800000 0.100000 0.000000 0.100000 0.100000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
Tamil Only 9.500000 2.300000 7.200000 4.200000 0.900000 3.300000 2.000000 0.400000 1.600000 1.000000 0.100000 0.900000 1.200000 0.400000 0.800000 0.200000 0.100000 0.100000 0.100000 0.100000 0.000000 0.200000 0.100000 0.100000 0.700000 0.200000 0.500000
Non-Official Language Only 3.700000 0.300000 3.500000 1.300000 0.100000 1.200000 0.600000 0.000000 0.600000 0.500000 0.000000 0.500000 0.600000 0.000000 0.600000 0.300000 0.000000 0.300000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.200000 0.100000 0.100000 0.300000 0.100000 0.200000
Two Languages Only 1872.400000 938.800000 933.700000 50.600000 24.600000 25.900000 74.300000 37.700000 36.700000 125.500000 65.800000 59.700000 372.600000 164.700000 207.900000 230.000000 134.900000 95.000000 231.100000 139.100000 92.000000 155.200000 62.300000 92.900000 633.100000 309.600000 323.500000
English & Chinese Only 1316.800000 657.500000 659.300000 28.700000 15.300000 13.400000 41.300000 22.200000 19.100000 76.900000 40.900000 35.900000 248.900000 109.300000 139.600000 140.000000 80.700000 59.300000 175.600000 105.900000 69.700000 113.900000 42.100000 71.700000 491.600000 241.100000 250.500000
English & Malay Only 370.400000 191.400000 179.000000 15.300000 7.700000 7.500000 23.700000 12.000000 11.800000 37.300000 20.100000 17.300000 97.400000 44.800000 52.600000 73.800000 45.500000 28.300000 41.000000 24.100000 16.900000 26.700000 11.300000 15.400000 55.100000 25.900000 29.200000
English & Tamil Only 108.400000 55.700000 52.700000 3.400000 1.000000 2.400000 6.400000 2.700000 3.700000 8.100000 4.100000 4.000000 19.500000 8.800000 10.700000 11.300000 6.900000 4.400000 11.900000 7.700000 4.200000 9.000000 5.600000 3.400000 38.900000 18.900000 20.000000
English & Non-Official Language Only 65.100000 30.900000 34.200000 0.500000 0.000000 0.500000 0.700000 0.000000 0.600000 1.200000 0.100000 1.100000 4.300000 1.000000 3.200000 3.800000 1.600000 2.200000 2.500000 1.300000 1.200000 5.300000 3.100000 2.200000 46.800000 23.600000 23.200000
Other Two Languages Only 11.800000 3.300000 8.500000 2.800000 0.700000 2.100000 2.300000 0.800000 1.500000 2.000000 0.600000 1.400000 2.500000 0.700000 1.800000 1.000000 0.200000 0.700000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.400000 0.200000 0.200000 0.700000 0.100000 0.600000
Three Or More Languages 161.000000 77.900000 83.200000 3.000000 1.800000 1.200000 2.600000 1.600000 1.000000 6.300000 3.100000 3.300000 25.700000 10.600000 15.000000 12.700000 7.300000 5.400000 11.400000 6.900000 4.500000 22.100000 7.800000 14.300000 77.300000 38.900000 38.400000
English, Chinese & Malay Only 93.400000 43.100000 50.300000 1.400000 1.000000 0.400000 1.300000 0.900000 0.400000 3.500000 1.600000 1.900000 17.900000 7.300000 10.700000 7.400000 3.900000 3.400000 6.800000 4.200000 2.700000 16.300000 5.000000 11.400000 38.700000 19.300000 19.500000
English, Malay & Tamil Only 12.800000 7.600000 5.100000 0.900000 0.500000 0.300000 0.700000 0.600000 0.100000 1.600000 0.900000 0.700000 3.500000 1.500000 2.000000 2.100000 1.400000 0.700000 0.800000 0.600000 0.200000 1.500000 1.000000 0.500000 1.700000 1.200000 0.600000
Other Three Or More Languages 54.800000 27.100000 27.700000 0.700000 0.200000 0.500000 0.600000 0.100000 0.500000 1.200000 0.600000 0.700000 4.200000 1.800000 2.400000 3.300000 1.900000 1.400000 3.700000 2.100000 1.600000 4.300000 1.900000 2.400000 36.800000 18.500000 18.400000

Columns

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