Research & Data Series

Includes statistics - brief snapshots, topline data and info-graphics, commissioned or compiled under the Ministry’s purview.

Statistics and Data Tables

Key Indicators

• Good Start For Every Child
• Strengthening Families
• Helping the Needy
• Protecting the Vulnerable
• Building an Inclusive Society

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• Population
• Standards of Living
• Juveniles and Youth at Risk
• Marriage, Parenthood and Divorce
• Seniors
• Selected Economic Indicators
• Government Social Expenditure
• Selected Labour Force Indicators

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Statistics Series Papers

• Ageing Families in Singapore - Insight Series 2019
• ComCare Trends Report FY2013 - FY2017
• Families and Households in Singapore (2000 - 2017)
• Families and Households in Singapore (2000 - 2014) 
• Dissolution of Marriages Among Marriage Cohorts
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In-depth findings of individual research studies and surveys, commissioned or compiled under the Ministry’s purview.

MSF Peer-Reviewed Papers

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• Criminal attitudes and psychopathic personality attributes of youth gang offenders in Singapore
• Implementation of the Risk-Need-Responsivity Framework across the Juvenile Justice Agencies in Singapore
• Violence risk and gang affiliation in youth offenders: A recidivism study
• Childhood Abuse and Delinquency: A Descriptive Study of Institutionalized Female Youth in Singapore

• 2014: Gender Diversity on Boards - A Business Imperative

• 2016: Survey Findings on Singaporeans' Support from Family and Friends
• 2011: State of the Family Report - Part 1, Part 2
• 2009, 2006, 2004: State of the Family Reports
• 2002: Report of the Public Education Committee
• 2001 - 2002: Family Matters! Report
• 1999: Study on the Singapore Family

• 2009: Protecting Families from Violence
• 2005: Protecting Children in Singapore

• 2007: Marriage and Parenthood Survey

• NCPG Gambling Participation Surveys

Overview of trends and issues using multiple data sources for particular client groups/sectors commissioned or compiled under the Ministry’s purview, as well as other focused studies.

• Family and Work Report 2017

• Probation and Community Rehabilitation Service Annual Report 2017 
• Probation and Community Rehabilitation Service Annual Report 2016 
• Probation Service Annual Report 2015
• 2015: Practice And Evaluation Of Street Outreach For At-Risk Youths In Singapore
• Probation Service Annual Report 2014
• Key Figures, 2013

• Ageing Families in Singapore (2000 - 2017)
• Ageing Families in Singapore (2000 - 2014)

• 2015: National Report on Youth Crime 2007-2013

Other reports:

• 2014: Human Development Index

• 2011: Study on Experiences of Lower Income Households

• 2012: Study on National Work-Life Harmony
• 2007: Study on National Work-Life Harmony

• 2005: Study on Singapore's Pro-family Business Environment