| Chinese | Bumiputera | Indian | ||||||||||||||||
| Parents' income quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | All families | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | All families | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | All families | |
| Upwardly mobile | 89% | 73% | 52% | 32% | 0% | 38% | 73% | 52% | 37% | 16% | 0% | 34% | 62% | 52% | 44% | 8% | 0% | 39% |
| Higher income and up by at least one quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Riding the rising tide | 2% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 13% | 15% | 8% | 19% | 16% | 15% | 8% | 13% | 15% | 13% | 18% | 11% | 7% | 14% |
| Higher income but same quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Falling despite the rising tide | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Higher income but lower quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status quo | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Same income & same quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vulnerable | 3% | 3% | 2% | 17% | 29% | 14% | 13% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 19% | 10% | 22% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 24% | 16% |
| Lower income but same quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Downward mobility | 0% | 6% | 27% | 34% | 58% | 32% | 0% | 25% | 37% | 62% | 73% | 42% | 0% | 22% | 20% | 68% | 69% | 30% |
| Lower income & down by at least one quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | Bumiputera | Indian | ||||||||||||||||
| Parents' income quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | All families | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | All families | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | All families | |
| Upwardly mobile | 89% | 73% | 52% | 32% | 0% | 38% | 73% | 52% | 37% | 16% | 0% | 34% | 62% | 52% | 44% | 8% | 0% | 39% |
| Higher income and up by at least one quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Riding the rising tide | 2% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 13% | 15% | 8% | 19% | 16% | 15% | 8% | 13% | 15% | 13% | 18% | 11% | 7% | 14% |
| Higher income but same quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Falling despite the rising tide | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Higher income but lower quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status quo | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Same income & same quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vulnerable | 3% | 3% | 2% | 17% | 29% | 14% | 13% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 19% | 10% | 22% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 24% | 16% |
| Lower income but same quintile | ||||||||||||||||||
| Downward mobility | 0% | 6% | 27% | 34% | 58% | 32% | 0% | 25% | 37% | 62% | 73% | 42% | 0% | 22% | 20% | 68% | 69% | 30% |
| Lower income & down by at least one quintile | ||||||||||||||||||