Parliament Sitting on 12 Feb 07: Question No. 17 for Written Answer: Siew Kum Hong: Median and mean monthly household per capita income

Question No 17 of Notice Paper No 29 of 2007 for Written Answer

Name of Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Siew Kum Hong, Nominated Member of Parliament 

Question:
To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry:

For each year from 2001 to 2005, what were the median and mean monthly household per capita income for (i) all residents households in Singapore; and (ii) each quintile of resident households broken down by income.

Answer:
The mean and median monthly income from work per her household member among resident households up to 2006 is shown in Table 1 below. Income from other sources is only avalable once in five years from the Household Expenditure Survey. Income data for employed households is used, instead of for all households, in order to isolate the effects caused by changes in the propoertion of retiree households.

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