Different Under God: A Survey of Church-going Protestants in Singapore

Demographics of Respondents

dEmograPHIcS oF rESPondEntS2 38 Different Under God gender 73. Forty-four point eight per cent of the Christians surveyed were male, while 55.2 per cent were female (see Figure 1). nationality 74. Singaporeans made up 90.5 per cent of respondents, Permanent Residents made up 7.3 per cent, and foreigners made up 2.3 per cent. Ethnicity 75. Respondents who identified themselves as “Chinese” made up 95.1 per cent, “Malay” 0.1 per cent, “Indian” 2.8 per cent, “Eurasian” 0.3 per cent, and “Others” 1.8 per cent (see Figure 2). Figure 1 Census 2010 and Survey Respondents by Gender Census Respondents 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Male Female 43.8% 56.2% 44.8% 55.2% Demographics of Respondents 39 age 76. Survey respondents aged between 18–29 years made up 36.2 per cent; 30–39 years — 20.75 per cent; 40–49 years — 20.06 per cent; 50–59 years — 16.05 per cent; 60 and above — 7.1 per cent. With the exception of the 18–29 group which was overrepresented in the survey, and the 60 and above group which was under-represented, the rest of the age groups are proportionately similar to those of the broader national Christian community (see Figure 3). Figure 2 Census 2010 and Survey Respondents by Ethnicity Census Respondents Chinese Malays Indians Others 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 90.6% 0.4% 4.2% 4.9% 95.1% 0.1% 2.8% 2.1% 40 Different Under God Education 77. Our sample is proportionately better educated than the national Protestant Christian population, according to Census 2010 data. Fifty-two point Figure 3 Census 2010 and Survey Respondents by Age3 Figure 4 Census 2010 and Survey Respondents by Education Census Respondents 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% No qualification Primary Lower sec Secondary Post-sec Polytechnic Pro. qual. & other dip University 7.0% 10.3% 11.5% 12.4% 52.3% 2.6% 5.3% 15.4% 10.2% 9.6% 9.1% 0.4% 0.9% 1.1% 11.0% 40.9% Census Respondents 24.7% 20.9% 21.6% 17.5% 15.2% 36.2% 20.7% 20.1% 16.0% 7.1% 18–29 years 30–39 years 40–49 years 50–59 years 60 years and above 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Demographics of Respondents 41 three per cent of respondents had at least universitylevel education, compared with 40.9 per cent at the national level (see Figure 4). marital Status 78. Forty-five point five per cent were single; 51.5 per cent were married; 1.8 per cent were divorced or separated; while 1.2 per cent were widowed (see Figure 5). Schooling 79. Respondents of mainline denominations were likely to have attended primary and/or secondary schools of the same denomination. For example, 23 per cent of Methodists attended a Methodist primary school while 24.4 per cent of them attended a Methodist secondary school. Fourteen point four per cent of Figure 5 Census 2010 and Survey Respondents by Marital Status Census Respondents 4.6% 3.3% 51.5% 1.2% 34.3% 57.8% 45.5% 1.8% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Single Married Widowed Divorced/Separated 42 Different Under God Anglican respondents attended an Anglican primary school (10.8 per cent attended a Catholic primary school), while 24.1 per cent of them attended an Anglican secondary school (9.4 per cent attended a Catholic secondary school). Housing 80. One point one per cent of respondents lived in 1–2 room flats; 10.6 per cent lived in 3-room flats; 23.16 per cent lived in 4-room flats; 30.85 per cent lived in 5-room flats; 18.24 per cent lived in condominiums and private flats; 14.2 per cent lived in landed property; and 1.82 per cent lived in other types of housing. This is largely in keeping with the broader national non-Catholic Christian community as reflected in Census 2010 (see Figure 6). Figure 6 Census 2010 and Survey Respondents by Housing Census Respondents 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 1-2 room flats 3-room flats 4-room flats 5-room & executive flats Condo & private flats Landed property...