Resident Households where Male Spouse has No Income or Lower Income Compared to Female Spouse

Debated in Parliament on 7 Feb 2023.

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Member Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Deputy Prime Minister for Finance for annual data over the last 10 years on the number and proportion of married resident households where the male spouse has no earned income while the female spouse does, and where the male spouse earns less than the female spouse.
Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong responded that the relevant data on monthly income from work for both husband and wife is available in the Census of Population and General Household Survey published by the Department of Statistics.
He directed Member Chua to the Department of Statistics website for accessing the specific data he requested.
The exchange highlighted the government's provision of publicly available statistical sources rather than directly supplying the detailed breakdown in Parliament.
The debate underscored interest in understanding changing household income dynamics in Singapore over the past decade.

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Chua Kheng Wee Louis

Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in each year over the last 10 years, what is the respective number and proportion of resident households comprising a married couple where (i) the male spouse does not have an earned income but the female spouse does and (ii) the male spouse has a lower earned income compared to the female spouse.

Lawrence Wong

Data on monthly income from work of husband and wife is available in the Census of Population and General Household Survey published by the Department of Statistics. Mr Louis Chua may refer to the Department of Statistics website for the data.

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Member Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Deputy Prime Minister for Finance for annual data over the last 10 years on the number and proportion of married resident households where the male spouse has no earned income while the female spouse does, and where the male spouse earns less than the female spouse.
Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong responded that the relevant data on monthly income from work for both husband and wife is available in the Census of Population and General Household Survey published by the Department of Statistics.
He directed Member Chua to the Department of Statistics website for accessing the specific data he requested.
The exchange highlighted the government's provision of publicly available statistical sources rather than directly supplying the detailed breakdown in Parliament.
The debate underscored interest in understanding changing household income dynamics in Singapore over the past decade.

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Resident Households where Male Spouse has No Income or Lower Income Compared to Female Spouse

Debated in Parliament on 7 Feb 2023.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Member Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Deputy Prime Minister for Finance for annual data over the last 10 years on the number and proportion of married resident households where the male spouse has no earned income while the female spouse does, and where the male spouse earns less than the female spouse.
Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong responded that the relevant data on monthly income from work for both husband and wife is available in the Census of Population and General Household Survey published by the Department of Statistics.
He directed Member Chua to the Department of Statistics website for accessing the specific data he requested.
The exchange highlighted the government's provision of publicly available statistical sources rather than directly supplying the detailed breakdown in Parliament.
The debate underscored interest in understanding changing household income dynamics in Singapore over the past decade.

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Chua Kheng Wee Louis

Lawrence Wong

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Member Chua Kheng Wee Louis asked the Deputy Prime Minister for Finance for annual data over the last 10 years on the number and proportion of married resident households where the male spouse has no earned income while the female spouse does, and where the male spouse earns less than the female spouse.
Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong responded that the relevant data on monthly income from work for both husband and wife is available in the Census of Population and General Household Survey published by the Department of Statistics.
He directed Member Chua to the Department of Statistics website for accessing the specific data he requested.
The exchange highlighted the government's provision of publicly available statistical sources rather than directly supplying the detailed breakdown in Parliament.
The debate underscored interest in understanding changing household income dynamics in Singapore over the past decade.

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Resident Households where Male Spouse has No Income or Lower Income Compared to Female Spouse

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Resident Households where Male Spouse has No Income or Lower Income Compared to Female Spouse

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Lawrence Wong

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