Resident Unemployed Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Highest Qualification Attained, Action Taken to Look for Work and Sex (Census of Population 2010)
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 2026-09-18.
Description
From the Census of Population 2010, this Singapore Department of Statistics table cross-tabulates resident unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by highest qualification attained, the action they took to look for work, and sex. Job-search methods are grouped into employment service, advertisement or writing in, asking friends or relatives, and other actions, each reported as total, male and female counts. Pairing search method with qualification level shows how job seekers with different educational backgrounds went about finding work, and whether men and women relied on different channels. Labour economists and manpower policy researchers use it as a decennial benchmark for job-search behaviour and the structure of unemployment in Singapore.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 24/03/2016 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2010 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8664
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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 | (Advertisement/Write In) Total | (Advertisement/Write In) Males | (Advertisement/Write In) Females | (Asked Friends Or Relatives) Total | (Asked Friends Or Relatives) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 83672.000000 | 44292.000000 | 39380.000000 | 7626.000000 | 3834.000000 | 3792.000000 | 26466.000000 | 14232.000000 | 12235.000000 | 17161.000000 | 10391.000000 |
| No Qualification | 6699.000000 | 4059.000000 | 2640.000000 | 358.000000 | 191.000000 | 167.000000 | 1862.000000 | 1095.000000 | 767.000000 | 3758.000000 | 2368.000000 |
| Primary | 4912.000000 | 3180.000000 | 1732.000000 | 344.000000 | 245.000000 | 99.000000 | 1789.000000 | 1087.000000 | 702.000000 | 2070.000000 | 1378.000000 |
| Lower Secondary | 8951.000000 | 5170.000000 | 3782.000000 | 743.000000 | 411.000000 | 333.000000 | 3431.000000 | 2016.000000 | 1416.000000 | 2972.000000 | 1754.000000 |
| Secondary | 18089.000000 | 9248.000000 | 8842.000000 | 1814.000000 | 726.000000 | 1088.000000 | 6651.000000 | 3424.000000 | 3227.000000 | 3897.000000 | 2279.000000 |
| Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary) | 11730.000000 | 6474.000000 | 5256.000000 | 1571.000000 | 749.000000 | 822.000000 | 3698.000000 | 2107.000000 | 1592.000000 | 1763.000000 | 1161.000000 |
| Polytechnic | 8661.000000 | 4422.000000 | 4239.000000 | 755.000000 | 395.000000 | 360.000000 | 2249.000000 | 1187.000000 | 1062.000000 | 869.000000 | 513.000000 |
| Professional Qualification And Other Diploma | 5264.000000 | 2340.000000 | 2925.000000 | 516.000000 | 254.000000 | 262.000000 | 1445.000000 | 650.000000 | 795.000000 | 574.000000 | 273.000000 |
| University | 19366.000000 | 9400.000000 | 9966.000000 | 1525.000000 | 863.000000 | 662.000000 | 5341.000000 | 2667.000000 | 2675.000000 | 1258.000000 | 664.000000 |
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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 |
| (Advertisement/Write In) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Advertisement/Write In) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Advertisement/Write 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 |