Surveys

IPS conducts surveys to study issues of critical national interest across a variety of fields, and to better understand the attitudes and aspirations of Singaporeans and residents. Survey fieldwork is conducted by the IPS Social Lab or by survey research companies. The findings are analysed by IPS researchers, and presented and discussed in IPS publications and conferences. Our flagship studies include the IPS Perception of Policies in Singapore (POPS) Survey Series and the Singapore Panel Study on Social Dynamics (SPSSD).

IPS also has a Public Data Sharing Platform, where selected datasets from completed surveys are available to users upon request (subject to the terms of the Data Use Agreement). For more information on how to apply to receive IPS data and to read the Data Use Agreement, please visit the IPS Public Data Sharing Platform page. 

For details of ongoing surveys, please click here.

To access presentation slides and reports of completed surveys, please click on the links below.

• Singapore Perspectives 2018 Survey on Intergenerational Compact, Use of National Reserves and and Immigration (January 2018)
• A Study on Social Capital in Singapore (December 2017)
• The Makan Index – A Survey of Hawker Food Prices (November 2016)
• CNA – IPS Survey on Race Relations (August 2016)
• POPS (8): IPS Post-Election Survey 2015 (September 2015)
• Perceptions of Governance Survey (September 2015)
• Political Parties and Social Media (September 2015)
• Internet and Media Use During GE2015 (September 2015)
  • Late Decision-Makers
  • The Role of Media and Social Media
  • Refer also to presentations from the IPS Symposium on Media and Internet Use During GE2015
• POPS (7): Perceptions of the Marriage and Parenthood Package 2013 (July 2015)
• Study of Chinese, Malay and Tamil Blogospheres in Singapore (March 2015)
• IPS Study on Perceptions of Singapore’s History (January 2015)
• IPS Survey on Race, Religion and Language (2013 – 2014)
  • Indicators of Racial and Religious Harmony
• Singaporeans’ Attitudes to National Service (October 2013)
• POPS (6): Perceptions of Singles on Marriage and Having Children (June 2013)
• IPS Prism Survey (January 2013)
  • Refer also to IPS Prism Project Workshops (June to November 2012)
• IPS Social Markers of Integration Survey (May 2012)
• Impact of New Media on General Election 2011 (October 2011)
• POPS (5): Presidential Election Survey 2011 (September 2011)
• Survey on Political Traits and Media Use (May 2011)
• POPS (4): IPS Post-Election Survey 2011 (May 2011)
• Survey on Attitudes to Emigration (March 2011)
• Citizens and the Nation: National Orientations of Singaporeans Survey (NOS4) (August 2010)
• POPS (3): Resilience in Economic Crisis (December 2009)
• POPS (2): Survey on the Marriage and Parenthood Package 2008 (September 2009)
• POPS (1): Resilience in the Economic Crisis (February 2009)
• IPS Post-Election Survey 2006 (May 2006)

For enquiries

Questions or feedback? Please write to decb64_aXBzLnB1YmxpY2FmZmFpcnNAbnVzLmVkdS5zZw==_decb64 or call Ms Choo Kia Ming at 6516-8391.