Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)
Description
GHS 2015 CSV cross-tabulation of residents aged 15 and over by languages literate in, marital status, and sex, in thousands. Sociolinguistic researchers examine literacy portfolios alongside family status in Singapore.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2015 Footnotes: 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/8208
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Thousands | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Single) Total | (Single) Males | (Single) Females | (Married) Total | (Married) Males | (Married) Females | (Widowed) Total | (Widowed) Males | (Widowed) Females | (Divorced/Separated) Total | (Divorced/Separated) Males | (Divorced/Separated) Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3275.900000 | 1589.600000 | 1686.300000 | 1034.500000 | 533.200000 | 501.300000 | 1945.600000 | 984.700000 | 960.900000 | 172.100000 | 28.900000 | 143.200000 | 123.600000 | 42.700000 | 80.900000 |
| Not Literate | 104.000000 | 22.900000 | 81.100000 | 12.700000 | 7.100000 | 5.600000 | 40.700000 | 11.600000 | 29.100000 | 46.300000 | 2.700000 | 43.500000 | 4.300000 | 1.400000 | 2.900000 |
| Literate | 3171.800000 | 1566.700000 | 1605.200000 | 1021.800000 | 526.100000 | 495.700000 | 1904.900000 | 973.100000 | 931.800000 | 125.900000 | 26.200000 | 99.600000 | 119.300000 | 41.300000 | 78.000000 |
| One Language Only | 850.200000 | 411.800000 | 438.500000 | 145.800000 | 85.800000 | 60.000000 | 580.100000 | 295.900000 | 284.200000 | 85.300000 | 16.000000 | 69.300000 | 39.000000 | 14.100000 | 24.900000 |
| English Only | 324.800000 | 191.900000 | 132.900000 | 100.100000 | 60.600000 | 39.600000 | 199.200000 | 122.600000 | 76.600000 | 11.900000 | 2.800000 | 9.200000 | 13.500000 | 6.000000 | 7.500000 |
| Chinese Only | 472.200000 | 204.600000 | 267.600000 | 42.400000 | 23.400000 | 19.000000 | 347.800000 | 162.700000 | 185.100000 | 60.400000 | 11.400000 | 49.000000 | 21.600000 | 7.100000 | 14.500000 |
| Malay Only | 39.800000 | 12.600000 | 27.300000 | 2.700000 | 1.500000 | 1.200000 | 24.400000 | 8.600000 | 15.800000 | 9.300000 | 1.600000 | 7.700000 | 3.400000 | 0.900000 | 2.500000 |
| Tamil Only | 9.600000 | 2.400000 | 7.200000 | 0.500000 | 0.300000 | 0.200000 | 5.600000 | 1.700000 | 3.900000 | 3.100000 | 0.200000 | 2.900000 | 0.400000 | 0.100000 | 0.300000 |
| Non-Official Language Only | 3.700000 | 0.300000 | 3.500000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 3.100000 | 0.300000 | 2.800000 | 0.600000 | 0.000000 | 0.600000 | 0.100000 | 0.000000 | 0.100000 |
| Two Languages Only | 2152.600000 | 1073.600000 | 1079.000000 | 836.100000 | 423.600000 | 412.500000 | 1204.200000 | 615.400000 | 588.800000 | 36.800000 | 9.200000 | 27.700000 | 75.400000 | 25.400000 | 50.000000 |
| English & Chinese Only | 1528.700000 | 759.400000 | 769.300000 | 639.900000 | 321.000000 | 318.900000 | 817.600000 | 415.500000 | 402.100000 | 20.200000 | 5.000000 | 15.200000 | 51.000000 | 17.900000 | 33.100000 |
| English & Malay Only | 420.800000 | 216.200000 | 204.700000 | 149.600000 | 79.100000 | 70.600000 | 242.300000 | 128.200000 | 114.100000 | 10.900000 | 3.300000 | 7.600000 | 18.000000 | 5.500000 | 12.500000 |
| English & Tamil Only | 121.700000 | 62.100000 | 59.600000 | 33.100000 | 17.300000 | 15.800000 | 81.000000 | 43.100000 | 37.900000 | 3.500000 | 0.600000 | 2.900000 | 4.100000 | 1.100000 | 3.000000 |
| English & Non-Official Language Only | 69.600000 | 32.700000 | 36.900000 | 13.300000 | 6.200000 | 7.000000 | 53.800000 | 25.600000 | 28.200000 | 0.700000 | 0.100000 | 0.600000 | 1.800000 | 0.700000 | 1.100000 |
| Other Two Languages Only | 11.800000 | 3.300000 | 8.500000 | 0.200000 | 0.000000 | 0.100000 | 9.600000 | 3.000000 | 6.600000 | 1.500000 | 0.200000 | 1.300000 | 0.500000 | 0.100000 | 0.400000 |
| Three Or More Languages | 169.000000 | 81.300000 | 87.700000 | 39.900000 | 16.600000 | 23.300000 | 120.500000 | 61.800000 | 58.700000 | 3.700000 | 1.100000 | 2.700000 | 4.800000 | 1.700000 | 3.100000 |
| English, Chinese & Malay Only | 95.800000 | 44.000000 | 51.800000 | 18.800000 | 7.000000 | 11.800000 | 72.800000 | 35.600000 | 37.100000 | 1.500000 | 0.600000 | 0.900000 | 2.700000 | 0.700000 | 2.000000 |
| English, Malay & Tamil Only | 13.200000 | 8.100000 | 5.200000 | 2.200000 | 1.400000 | 0.800000 | 9.100000 | 6.000000 | 3.100000 | 1.300000 | 0.300000 | 0.900000 | 0.600000 | 0.300000 | 0.400000 |
| Other Three Or More Languages | 60.000000 | 29.200000 | 30.700000 | 18.900000 | 8.200000 | 10.700000 | 38.700000 | 20.200000 | 18.500000 | 0.900000 | 0.100000 | 0.800000 | 1.500000 | 0.700000 | 0.800000 |
Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Thousands | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Single) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Single) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Single) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Married) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Married) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Married) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Widowed) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Widowed) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Widowed) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Divorced/Separated) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Divorced/Separated) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Divorced/Separated) Females | Numeric | No |