Breakdown of Median Monthly Income of Employed Residents in Last Five Years

Debated in Parliament on 8 Jul 2019.

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Assoc Prof Walter Theseira requested a breakdown of median monthly income for employed residents over the past five years by marital status, gender, age group, and by number of children, gender, and age group.
Mrs Josephine Teo provided tables showing that married males earned more than single males across all age groups, while single females aged 30 and above earned more than married females of the same age group, with women generally earning more than men among singles but men earning more among those married.
For women with children, those aged 30 and above with two children tended to earn more than those with one or three or more children, though data for males on children was not collected and comparisons to those with no children are complicated by marital status.
The Minister noted that data alone cannot establish causal impacts of marital status or children on income, as these factors are influenced by income, education, generational differences, and occupational or work-hour preferences.
The debate highlighted the complexity of interpreting income data due to unmeasured variables like occupation and caregiving responsibilities, emphasizing that trends do not imply direct causation.

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Assoc Prof Walter Theseira

Assoc Prof Walter Theseira asked the Minister for Manpower in the last five years (a) what is the median monthly income of employed residents by marital status, gender, and age group; and (b) what is the median monthly income of employed residents by number of children, gender, and age group.

Mrs Josephine Teo

The breakdown of median gross monthly income of full-time employed residents by sex, age and marital status is provided in Table 1. Married males earned more than single males across all age groups, whereas single females aged 30 and above earned more than married females of the same age group. Among singles of the same age group, women earned more than men; while among those married of the same age group, men earned more than women.

Table 2 provides the breakdown of median gross monthly income of full-time employed female residents by age and the number of children given birth to. We do not collect such data for males. Among women aged 30 and above with children, those with two children tended to earn more than those with just one child or three or more children in the same age group. It is not straightforward to compare to those with no children as they include both single and married women.

Data alone cannot establish the causal impact on income of marital status and number of children; as these factors can themselves be influenced by income and education levels. There are also generational differences, for example, in age of marriage, rates of divorce, and the division of caregiving and household responsibilities between married couples. Finally, the data does not account for differences in occupations between men and women, and in preferences for part-time work, which could also affect incomes.

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Assoc Prof Walter Theseira requested a breakdown of median monthly income for employed residents over the past five years by marital status, gender, age group, and by number of children, gender, and age group.
Mrs Josephine Teo provided tables showing that married males earned more than single males across all age groups, while single females aged 30 and above earned more than married females of the same age group, with women generally earning more than men among singles but men earning more among those married.
For women with children, those aged 30 and above with two children tended to earn more than those with one or three or more children, though data for males on children was not collected and comparisons to those with no children are complicated by marital status.
The Minister noted that data alone cannot establish causal impacts of marital status or children on income, as these factors are influenced by income, education, generational differences, and occupational or work-hour preferences.
The debate highlighted the complexity of interpreting income data due to unmeasured variables like occupation and caregiving responsibilities, emphasizing that trends do not imply direct causation.

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Breakdown of Median Monthly Income of Employed Residents in Last Five Years

Debated in Parliament on 8 Jul 2019.

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Assoc Prof Walter Theseira requested a breakdown of median monthly income for employed residents over the past five years by marital status, gender, age group, and by number of children, gender, and age group.
Mrs Josephine Teo provided tables showing that married males earned more than single males across all age groups, while single females aged 30 and above earned more than married females of the same age group, with women generally earning more than men among singles but men earning more among those married.
For women with children, those aged 30 and above with two children tended to earn more than those with one or three or more children, though data for males on children was not collected and comparisons to those with no children are complicated by marital status.
The Minister noted that data alone cannot establish causal impacts of marital status or children on income, as these factors are influenced by income, education, generational differences, and occupational or work-hour preferences.
The debate highlighted the complexity of interpreting income data due to unmeasured variables like occupation and caregiving responsibilities, emphasizing that trends do not imply direct causation.

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Assoc Prof Walter Theseira

Mrs Josephine Teo

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Assoc Prof Walter Theseira requested a breakdown of median monthly income for employed residents over the past five years by marital status, gender, age group, and by number of children, gender, and age group.
Mrs Josephine Teo provided tables showing that married males earned more than single males across all age groups, while single females aged 30 and above earned more than married females of the same age group, with women generally earning more than men among singles but men earning more among those married.
For women with children, those aged 30 and above with two children tended to earn more than those with one or three or more children, though data for males on children was not collected and comparisons to those with no children are complicated by marital status.
The Minister noted that data alone cannot establish causal impacts of marital status or children on income, as these factors are influenced by income, education, generational differences, and occupational or work-hour preferences.
The debate highlighted the complexity of interpreting income data due to unmeasured variables like occupation and caregiving responsibilities, emphasizing that trends do not imply direct causation.

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