Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Action Taken to Look for Work and Sex (Census of Population 2000)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 9 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-22.
Description
Census of Population 2000 counts of resident unemployed persons aged 15 and over by highest qualification attained, action taken to look for work, and sex. Job-search channels include employment service, advertisements or written applications, asking friends or relatives, and other methods. Labour historians profile how Singapore jobseekers searched at the 2000 census. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8972.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 31/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8972
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Employment Service) Total | (Employment Service) Males | (Employment Service) Females | (Advertisements/Wrote In) Total | (Advertisements/Wrote In) Males | (Advertisements/Wrote In) Females | (Asked Friends Or Relatives) Total | (Asked Friends Or Relatives) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 94006.000000 | 52319.000000 | 41687.000000 | 4417.000000 | 1885.000000 | 2533.000000 | 56105.000000 | 29467.000000 | 26638.000000 | 22970.000000 | 14930.000000 |
| No Qualification | 13970.000000 | 9179.000000 | 4790.000000 | 386.000000 | 267.000000 | 119.000000 | 5647.000000 | 3467.000000 | 2179.000000 | 6954.000000 | 4829.000000 |
| Primary | 13681.000000 | 8617.000000 | 5063.000000 | 341.000000 | 193.000000 | 148.000000 | 7033.000000 | 4152.000000 | 2881.000000 | 5109.000000 | 3500.000000 |
| Lower Secondary | 14769.000000 | 9155.000000 | 5614.000000 | 462.000000 | 250.000000 | 212.000000 | 8863.000000 | 5165.000000 | 3699.000000 | 4047.000000 | 2858.000000 |
| Secondary | 24566.000000 | 13152.000000 | 11414.000000 | 1235.000000 | 524.000000 | 711.000000 | 16518.000000 | 8595.000000 | 7924.000000 | 4258.000000 | 2548.000000 |
| Upper Secondary | 7999.000000 | 3882.000000 | 4117.000000 | 624.000000 | 233.000000 | 390.000000 | 4951.000000 | 2368.000000 | 2583.000000 | 1266.000000 | 659.000000 |
| Polytechnic | 5157.000000 | 2533.000000 | 2624.000000 | 383.000000 | 125.000000 | 258.000000 | 3763.000000 | 1846.000000 | 1917.000000 | 346.000000 | 182.000000 |
| Other Diploma | 3957.000000 | 1608.000000 | 2349.000000 | 315.000000 | 50.000000 | 265.000000 | 2546.000000 | 1043.000000 | 1503.000000 | 362.000000 | 151.000000 |
| University | 9908.000000 | 4193.000000 | 5716.000000 | 671.000000 | 242.000000 | 429.000000 | 6783.000000 | 2831.000000 | 3952.000000 | 627.000000 | 202.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Employment Service) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Employment Service) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Employment Service) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Advertisements/Wrote In) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Advertisements/Wrote In) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Advertisements/Wrote In) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Asked Friends Or Relatives) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Asked Friends Or Relatives) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Asked Friends Or Relatives) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Females | Numeric | No |