Improvements in Data Collection
Improvements in Data Dissemination
Key Statistical Developments in the 2000s
Ninth Household Expenditure Survey was conducted, which featured the use of Personal Digital Assistant for fieldwork enumeration, in lieu of hardcopy survey forms.
The SingStat Website was revamped.
The softcopies of DOS’s latest publications were made available for free access on the SingStat website.
The General Household Survey 2005 was conducted and adopted the use of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in data collection for the first time. The General Household Survey 2005 was conducted and adopted the use of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in data collection for the first time.
The SingStat Express service was enhanced and provided an option for local users to subscribe to SMS notifications.
The reporting format for the services account in Singapore’s Balance of Payments was expanded.
The internet-accessible time series system, SingStat Time Series (STS) Online, was launched to replace the TREND System.
Customised survey forms for the monthly Producer Prices Surveys were disseminated automatically through the Department's email system.
Eighth Household Expenditure Survey was conducted, and included one-person households in the analysis of Household Expenditure Survey results for the first time.
The SingStat Website was revamped.
Singapore met all of the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) requirements at the time of subscription.
The SingStat Express email notification service and the SingStat DataShop@GovMall were launched
Singapore’s first register-based Census of Population was conducted.