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Resident Working Persons Aged 15 Years and Over by Industry, Duration in Present Job and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 12 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (25 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-22.

Description

Census of Population 2000 counts of resident working persons aged 15 years and over by industry, duration in present job, and sex. Tenure bands run from less than one year through longer multi-year brackets for males and females. Labour historians use the table as a 2000 benchmark of job tenure by industry. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/8982.

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/8982

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Rows
12
Columns
25

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Less Than 1 Year) Total (Less Than 1 Year) Males (Less Than 1 Year) Females (1 Year) Total (1 Year) Males (1 Year) Females (2 - 3 Years) Total (2 - 3 Years) Males
Total 1482579.000000 889482.000000 593097.000000 186186.000000 103510.000000 82676.000000 213400.000000 124905.000000 88495.000000 274933.000000 158283.000000
Goods Producing Industries 391674.000000 261743.000000 129931.000000 43897.000000 26897.000000 17001.000000 48190.000000 30563.000000 17626.000000 67552.000000 43153.000000
Manufacturing 289661.000000 176451.000000 113210.000000 33352.000000 18335.000000 15017.000000 35704.000000 20860.000000 14845.000000 49313.000000 28703.000000
Construction 90894.000000 76313.000000 14581.000000 9810.000000 7999.000000 1811.000000 11672.000000 9123.000000 2549.000000 16892.000000 13433.000000
Other Goods Industries* 11119.000000 8979.000000 2140.000000 735.000000 563.000000 172.000000 813.000000 581.000000 233.000000 1347.000000 1017.000000
Services Producing Industries 1090905.000000 627739.000000 463166.000000 142289.000000 76614.000000 65675.000000 165210.000000 94341.000000 70869.000000 207382.000000 115130.000000
Wholesale & Retail Trade 253673.000000 148140.000000 105532.000000 33121.000000 17041.000000 16080.000000 35827.000000 19333.000000 16494.000000 45716.000000 24605.000000
Hotels & Restaurants 93184.000000 47409.000000 45775.000000 16021.000000 7848.000000 8173.000000 15174.000000 7270.000000 7905.000000 17244.000000 8180.000000
Transport & Communications 178038.000000 132810.000000 45228.000000 19989.000000 13384.000000 6605.000000 20427.000000 14155.000000 6271.000000 29637.000000 21078.000000
Financial Services 87156.000000 34846.000000 52310.000000 8787.000000 3404.000000 5382.000000 10849.000000 4732.000000 6117.000000 17395.000000 6838.000000

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Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(Less Than 1 Year) Total Numeric No
(Less Than 1 Year) Males Numeric No
(Less Than 1 Year) Females Numeric No
(1 Year) Total Numeric No
(1 Year) Males Numeric No
(1 Year) Females Numeric No
(2 - 3 Years) Total Numeric No
(2 - 3 Years) Males Numeric No
(2 - 3 Years) Females Numeric No
(4 - 5 Years) Total Numeric No
(4 - 5 Years) Males Numeric No
(4 - 5 Years) Females Numeric No
(6 - 10 Years) Total Numeric No
(6 - 10 Years) Males Numeric No
(6 - 10 Years) Females Numeric No
(11 - 15 Years) Total Numeric No
(11 - 15 Years) Males Numeric No
(11 - 15 Years) Females Numeric No
(More Than 15 Years) Total Numeric No
(More Than 15 Years) Males Numeric No
(More Than 15 Years) Females Numeric No