Economics and Statistics Office begins semi-annual Labour Force Survey of the Cayman Islands

Monday, April 19, 2004

The Economics and Statistics Office (ESO), began its three-week, semi-annual Labour Force Survey of the Cayman Islands, on Sunday, 18 April.

The survey aims to net results used by the ESO to measure the labour characteristics of the Islands and to view trends in Cayman’s labour force.
Survey participants are chosen at random by computer, and ESO Director, Catharine Read, said all households had an equal chance of being chosen as part of the sample population.

“Not every household will be surveyed and those selected are done so purely by chance,” she said.

The confidential, 15-minute survey, will be conducted by 24 interviewers on Grand Cayman and four interviewers on Cayman Brac.

The interviewers, who are mostly employed during the day, will call on participants in the evenings and weekends, said Ms Read.

She continued: “The ESO is committed to continuing the tradition of strict confidentiality of survey results. Questionnaires are destroyed after the data is entered and no information is ever entered which would allow someone to be able to link the data with the individual respondent.”

For more information on the Labour Force Survey, contact the ESO on 949-0940.

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