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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over With Below Polytechnic Qualification by Type of Vocational Qualification Acquired, Highest Academic Qualification Attained and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 6 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (19 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-19.

Description

Resident population aged 15 and over with below polytechnic qualification from Singapore’s General Household Survey 2005, classified by type of vocational qualification acquired, highest academic qualification, and sex. Published by the Singapore Department of Statistics, the table supports skills-pathway research, vocational training outcomes, and education stratification studies at the 2005 survey reference.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 28/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: General Household Survey 2005 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (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/8690

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (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
Total 1772817.000000 829879.000000 942938.000000 415726 153242 262484 292905 146715 146190 321258.000000 175493.000000
Did Not Acquire Vocational Qualification 1530180.000000 680893.000000 849286.000000 409871 149576 260295 271136 131156 139980 275991.000000 142815.000000
Acquired Vocational Qualification 242637.000000 148986.000000 93651.000000 5856 3667 2189 21769 15559 6210 45267.000000 32678.000000
Basic Certificate 86584.000000 58668.000000 27915.000000 5306 3287 2018 15777 10818 4959 26053.000000 19069.000000
Advanced Certificate 133769.000000 81900.000000 51869.000000 550 379 171 5992 4742 1251 18077.000000 13045.000000
Diploma/Advanced Diploma* 22284.000000 8418.000000 13867.000000 na na na na na na 1137.000000 564.000000

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Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(No Qualification) Total Text No
(No Qualification) Males Text No
(No Qualification) Females Text No
(Primary) Total Text No
(Primary) Males Text No
(Primary) Females Text 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
(Upper Secondary) Total Numeric No
(Upper Secondary) Males Numeric No
(Upper Secondary) Females Numeric No