The Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) will commence another round of its Continuous Labour Force Sample Survey (CLFSS) from Monday, October 16.
As a result, Field Officers from the department will visit households in several districts across the island, and householders are urged to actively participate in this exercise.
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 Road, Deacons, Ocean Road, Clarke’s Gap, Spooners 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 Road, Durants, Upper Carter’s Gap, Carter’s Grove, Rollins Road, Goodland Park, Goodland Gardens and Sayes Court Road.
The communities in St. George to be surveyed are Walkers, Rock Hall, Workmans, Retreat Road, and St. George Church Road. In St. Philip, the Field Officers will target: Oldbury, Mangrove, Four Roads, Emerald Park West, Six Roads, Highland, Four Square Valley and Market Road.
Field officers will also visit Orange Hill, Apes Hill, Blowers, Bakers Road, and Lancaster in St. James; Warrens, Arthur’s 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 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.