The Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) has commenced another round of its Continuous Labour Force Sample Survey (CLFSS) to capture data for the month of July.
As a result, field officers from the department will visit households in several districts across the island. Householders are urged to actively participate in this exercise, as the Field Officers attempt to complete their assignments, with the aim of deriving the requisite statistics of the Barbadian labour force.
In St. Michael, they will survey the following districts: King Street,White Park Road, Passage Road, Baxter’s Road, Mighty Grynner Highway, Holder’s Land, Birds River Land, Deacons, Ocean Road, Clarke’s Gap, Spooner’s Hill, Long Gap, Pillersdorf Road, Alkins Land, Bridge Gap, Upper Goodland Road, Tamarind Lane, Greenidge Road, Hindsbury Road, Bank Hall Cross Road, Prescod Bottom, Curwens Avenue, Chelsea Road, Dalkeith Road, Beckles Road, Gully Field Avenue, Pipers Avenue, and Jessamine Avenue.
In Christ Church, Field Officers will visit St. Matthias Road, New Barracks Road, September Square, Hart’s Gap, Hastings Road, Drill Hall Beach Road, Ashby Land, Durants, Upper Carter’s Gap, Carter’s Grove, Rollins Road, Goodland Park, Goodland Gardens, and Sayes Court.
The communities in St. George to be surveyed are Walkers, Rock Hall, Workmans, Retreat Road, and St. George Church Road, while in St. Philip, households in Oldbury, Mangrove, Four Roads, Emerald Park West, Six Roads, Highland, Four Square Valley, and Market Road will be targeted.
Field Officers will also visit Orange Hill, Apes Hill, Blowers, Bakers Road and Lancaster in St. James; Warrens, Arthurs Seat, Padmore Village, Millennium Drive and Millennium Heights in St. Thomas; Mccolitt Ridge Road, Easy Hall and Cotton Tower Road in St. Joseph; and Reservoir Road, Greaves Road, Ashton Hall, Mile-and-a-Quarter and Whim Road, 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 leads to the provision of statistics for timely and necessary social and economic planning.
The BSS implores the public to take the necessary precautions when interacting with the personnel of the department, as they will be wearing masks, physical distancing, and sanitising when in the field. Additionally, the BSS’ guidelines for the conduct of household surveys also will be observed, with the official BSS identification card prominently displayed, and there will be no entry of the respondents’ domiciles.
The department expressed 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.