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Families in Singapore in the yesteryears and families in Singapore today
Families in Singapore in the yesteryears and families in Singapore today
Family size
Yesteryears:
Family size started to decrease over the year from 3.53 (2012) to 3.39 (2015)
Today:
In 2016, the average household size in Singapore was approximately 3.35 people. Decreased.
Marriage and divorce rate
Yesteryears:
Number of marriages is increasing from 2013 to 2015 which is 27,936 to 28,322.
Number of divorce rate goes up and down in the past year 7604 in (2011) , 7237 (2012) , 7525 (2012) ,7307 (2012) , 7522 (2013)
Today
Number of marriages are decreasing to 27,971 in 2016
Number of divorce rate started to increase in 2014 to 2016
Household Family Structure
Yesteryears:
Resident Households by Household Structure, 2000 – 2014 was increasing from 915 to 1200 people. Average household rate was 3.35 in the past years
Today:
Average house hold rate is 3.30 which shown decreasing compared to past years
Birth rate
Yesteryears:
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is 2014
(1.25)
, 2015
(1.24)
and 2016
(1.20)
Today:
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in 2017 is decreasing which drop to
(1.16 )
Family income
Yesteryears:
little changed from 2016’s 0.458 and remained among the lowest in a decade.
Today:
Increased by 1.5 per cent from $8846 in 2016 to $9023 in 2017
Transnational and inter-ethnic marriages
Yesteryears:
Citizen and citizen marriage in 2003 was 67.3 while for citizen and pr marriages was 9.2 and lastly citizen and non resident marriages was 23.5
Today:
Citizen and citizen marriage in 2013 is decreasing to 60.8 . In 2013 , citizen and pr marriages increase by 0.1 percent while citizen and non resident marriages increase by 6.4 percent.
Time spend with families
Yesteryears:
Increasing from 21 percent to 38 percent from 2003 to 2010
Today:
Starting to decrease from 2010n onwards
Family members educational level
Yesteryears:
Past years was 97.0 which has shown increasing over the years
Today:
Education rate among residents aged 15 yrs & over is 97.2 percent in 2017