Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 19 records. Fields include Thousands, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-03.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3275.900000 | 1589.600000 | 1686.300000 | 1034.500000 | 533.200000 | 501.300000 | 1945.600000 | 984.700000 | 960.900000 | 172.100000 | 28.900000 |
| Not Literate | 104.000000 | 22.900000 | 81.100000 | 12.700000 | 7.100000 | 5.600000 | 40.700000 | 11.600000 | 29.100000 | 46.300000 | 2.700000 |
| Literate | 3171.800000 | 1566.700000 | 1605.200000 | 1021.800000 | 526.100000 | 495.700000 | 1904.900000 | 973.100000 | 931.800000 | 125.900000 | 26.200000 |
| 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 |
| English Only | 324.800000 | 191.900000 | 132.900000 | 100.100000 | 60.600000 | 39.600000 | 199.200000 | 122.600000 | 76.600000 | 11.900000 | 2.800000 |
| Chinese Only | 472.200000 | 204.600000 | 267.600000 | 42.400000 | 23.400000 | 19.000000 | 347.800000 | 162.700000 | 185.100000 | 60.400000 | 11.400000 |
| Malay Only | 39.800000 | 12.600000 | 27.300000 | 2.700000 | 1.500000 | 1.200000 | 24.400000 | 8.600000 | 15.800000 | 9.300000 | 1.600000 |
| Tamil Only | 9.600000 | 2.400000 | 7.200000 | 0.500000 | 0.300000 | 0.200000 | 5.600000 | 1.700000 | 3.900000 | 3.100000 | 0.200000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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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 |