Windwardside, Saba
SABA/ST. EUSTATIUS--The Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) will conduct a labour force survey in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba between December 2020 and March 2021.
The survey is conducted among households every two years. In this survey, CBS measures labour market developments in the Caribbean Netherlands.
One of the most important results of the labour force survey is the unemployment rate, the percentage of the labour force that is looking for a job. Other important data are the labour-market participation rate, the level of education, professions and working hours.
To gain a better understanding of labour-market developments in Bonaire, Statia and Saba, CBS asks all selected households to participate in the survey. For this survey, a total of 969 addresses were randomly selected in Bonaire, 512 in Statia and 488 in Saba. CBS interviewers will go to the randomly selected households to administer the questionnaire.
CBS is obligated by law to process the collected information strictly confidentially. Therefore, CBS has taken various measures to protect the information. All interviewers have a CBS identification badge and must identify themselves on request, so that everyone can be sure the interview is indeed being carried out by CBS.
“CBS understands that in difficult times like these, providing data is not an easy task. But reliable figures on the state of the economy and society are paramount. This is evidently a time when an urgent need is felt among public authorities, scientists, enterprises and citizens to know how things stand in the Caribbean Netherlands. CBS is continuing its collection of data as usual.
“CBS hopes that people will continue to provide data as well throughout this period and thanks everyone in advance for their understanding,” CBS said Wednesday.
