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Resident Students Aged 10 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

Description

Census of Population 2000 CSV on Singapore resident students aged 10 and over by language literate in, ethnic group, and sex. Columns break out totals and male/female counts for Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Other groups. Literacy researchers compare multilingual literacy across ethnicity and gender at the 2000 census. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6557.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 29/10/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: Education, Language and Religion' (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/6557

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Chinese) Total (Chinese) Males (Chinese) Females (Malays) Total (Malays) Males (Malays) Females (Indians) Total (Indians) Males (Indians) Females (Others) Total (Others) Males (Others) Females
Total 452403.000000 234609.000000 217794.000000 338309 175133 163176 74781 39105 35676 34496 17876 16620 4817 2495 2322
Not Literate 3618.000000 2109.000000 1509.000000 3151 1826 1325 350 217 134 104 55 49 12 12 na
Literate 448786.000000 232500.000000 216286.000000 335158 173307 161851 74430 38888 35542 34392 17821 16571 4806 2483 2322
One Language Only 59923.000000 33360.000000 26563.000000 48512 27301 21211 3643 1902 1741 6092 3307 2785 1676 851 825
Chinese Only 6685.000000 3561.000000 3124.000000 6679 3555 3124 na na na na na na 7 7 na
English Only 51302.000000 28771.000000 22531.000000 41809 23732 18077 1940 1012 927 5916 3195 2722 1637 832 805
Malay Only 1794.000000 937.000000 857.000000 10 5 5 1703 889 814 67 39 29 14 5 10
Tamil Only 102.000000 67.000000 35.000000 na na na na na na 102 67 35 na na na
Non-Official Language Only 39.000000 23.000000 16.000000 14 10 5 na na na 7 7 na 18 7 11
Two Languages Only 384999.000000 197455.000000 187543.000000 284782 145177 139606 70085 36741 33344 27156 13964 13193 2975 1574 1401
English & Chinese Only 285199.000000 145382.000000 139817.000000 283274 144380 138894 138 45 92 816 413 403 971 544 427
English & Malay Only 80944.000000 42641.000000 38303.000000 1368 754 614 69857 36660 33197 7991 4328 3662 1729 899 830
English & Tamil Only 17282.000000 8659.000000 8622.000000 5 5 na 38 24 14 17219 8621 8598 19 10 10
English & Non-Official Language Only 1491.000000 752.000000 740.000000 111 31 80 13 7 6 1116 592 524 251 122 130
Other Two Languages Only 82.000000 21.000000 61.000000 24 7 18 38 5 33 14 10 5 5 na 5
Three Or More Languages 3864.000000 1684.000000 2180.000000 1864 830 1034 703 246 457 1143 550 593 154 59 96
English, Chinese & Malay Only 991.000000 489.000000 501.000000 778 410 368 145 48 97 42 21 21 26 10 16
English, Chinese & Tamil Only 19.000000 5.000000 14.000000 10 5 5 na na na 10 na 10 na na na
English, Malay & Tamil Only 509.000000 297.000000 212.000000 5 5 na 24 10 14 480 283 198 na na na
Other Three Or More Languages 2345.000000 893.000000 1452.000000 1071 410 661 533 188 346 611 246 365 129 49 80

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(Chinese) Total Text No
(Chinese) Males Text No
(Chinese) Females Text No
(Malays) Total Text No
(Malays) Males Text No
(Malays) Females Text No
(Indians) Total Text No
(Indians) Males Text No
(Indians) Females Text No
(Others) Total Text No
(Others) Males Text No
(Others) Females Text No