Singapore: share of respondents who had close friends from other ethnicities in Singapore 2019

According to a survey on racial and religious harmony in Singapore, 93.8 percent of Chinese respondents in Singapore stated that they had close friends who were also Singaporean Chinese. The results were similar across all ethnicities, in that they had their closest friends were mostly from the same ethnicity as them. Singapore is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society, with citizens categorized into four main ethnic groups, known as CMIO: Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Others. Those categorized under the "Others" include Eurasians, Caucasians, Arabs, and Filipinos, among others. Those from an ethnic Chinese background make up the majority of the population in Singapore.

Share of respondents who had close friends from other ethnicities in Singapore as of January 2019

Characteristic	Chinese friend	Malay friend	Indian friend	Eurasian friend	Friend of "other" races
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-

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Release date

2019

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Region

Singapore

Survey time period

August 2018 to January 2019

Number of respondents

4,015 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Postal questionnaire

Supplementary notes

According to the survey, "Respondents were then posed the statement, “Thinking of about close friends, how many of them are: ___ (please enter 0 where you do not have friends in any of these categories)”. They were then shown a list of different racial groups (Singaporean Chinese, Singaporean Malay, Singaporean Indian, Singaporean Eurasian, and Other Race). Respondents had to note in writing, how many close friends from a particular racial group they had."

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