The Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) will commence another round of its Continuous Labour Force Sample Survey (CLFSS) capturing data for the month of January.
As a result, field officers from the department will be visiting households in several districts across the island, and householders are urged to actively participate in this exercise.
In St. Michael, the team will survey the following districts: New Orleans, Westbury Road, Pickwick Gap, Wharton’s Gap, Marshall Gap, Deacon’s Farm, Deacon’s, Black Rock, Grazettes, St. Stephen’s Hill, Clevedale, Cadogan Road, Tudor’s Bridge, Palm Road, Roxy Avenue, Waterhall Land, Hill Road, Kew Road, Promenade Road, Dalkeith, Paddock Road, Dayrell’s Road, Gooding Road, Deighton Road, Hall’s Road, Belmont Road, St. Hill Road, Train Line Road, Chase Road, and Wildey.
In Christ Church, field officers will visit Plumgrove, Lodge Road, Newton, Rollins Road, Goodland Road, Woodford Square, and Sayes Court. The communities in St. George to be surveyed are Foster Hall, Charles Rowe Bridge, Glebe, and Rowans.
The field officers will target the following districts in St. Philip: Jaggery Avenue, Palm View Drive, Fortesque, Sabal Drive, and Cummins Hole.
Field officers will also visit Prospect, West Terrace Gardens, Appleby, and Derrick’s Hill in St. James; Redman’s Village and Welches in St. Thomas; Andrew’s Plantation, Coffee Gully, Ginger Works Road, and Airy Hill in St. Joseph; and Ashton Hall, Six Men’s, and The Whim in St. Peter.
The CLFSS is the quarterly collection of current information on various labour force characteristics, as well as income and expenditure data, gathered from a sample of households across Barbados.
This information is then used to determine employment and unemployment levels in the island, coupled with the distribution of skills/professions in the different sectors of the economy, all of which lead to the provision of statistics for timely and necessary social and economic planning.
The BSS urges household members to cooperate with the field officers who will be wearing the official BSS identification card. The department also expresses appreciation to all those who have previously cooperated in the completion of the surveys and reminds persons that all information is kept in the strictest confidence and handled in a manner to prevent recognition of any individual.