TABLE 6.1
EMPLOYER REGISTRATION BY INDUSTRY
1993 - 2000
INDUSTRY GROUP	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Agriculture and Fisheries	13	14	15	17	20	21	22	23
Mining and Manufacturing	34	34	36	42	43	48	51	51
Electricity, Gas and Water	13	13	13	14	15	17	18	20
Construction	137	146	160	173	183	196	204	217
Retail and wholesale	146	159	169	173	184	190	199	205
Hotels & Guest Houses	59	61	66	74	78	81	84	87
Restaurants & Bars	87	95	102	110	123	132	141	150
Transport & Communications	57	60	64	68	74	79	82	87
Other Industries (1)	104	110	115	123	130	142	145	188
Community &  Social Services (2)	331	362	400	459	489	523	555	557
TOTAL	981	1,054	1,140	1,253	1,339	1,429	1,501	1,585
Source:  Social Security Board
Classification based on ISIC
(1)  Include Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Other  Business
(2)  Includes Personal and Household Services
TABLE 6.2
ANNUAL REGISTRATION OF NEW EMPLOYEES 1989 - 2000
YEAR	MALE	%	FEMALE	%	TOTALS
1989	289	53.1	255	46.9	544
1990	265	48.7	224	41.2	489
1991	203	37.3	163	30.0	366
1992	212	52.3	193	47.7	405
1993	176	43.5	185	45.7	361
1994	202	50.1	201	49.9	403
1995	224	54.5	187	45.5	411
1996	225	52.6	203	47.4	428
1997	238	55.2	193	44.8	431
1998	221	50.9	213	49.1	434
1999	293	58.3	210	41.8	503
2000	278	50.55	272	49.5	550
Source:  Social Security Board
TABLE 6.3
DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYERS  1988 - 2000
YEAR	NEWLY
	REGISTERED	EMPLOYERS	ACTIVE
	EMPLOYERS	ON REGISTER	EMPLOYERS
1988	114	594	362
1989	83	677	320
1990	86	763	375
1991	74	837	370
1992	70	906	389
1993	74	981	431
1994	73	1,054	403
1995	88	1,142	506
1996	113	1,244	482
1997	86	1,328	388
1998	84	1,412	418
1999	72	1,482	522
2000	115	1,597	424
Source:  Social Security Board
TABLE 6.4
WORK PERMITS ISSUED BY COUNTRY OF BIRTH OF RECIPIENT 1993 - 2000
COUNTRY OF  BIRTH	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
St. Kitts-Nevis	64	66	66	53	49	40	57	71
Other Caribbean	261	280	340	387	424	415	511	538
TOTAL CARIBBEAN	325	346	406	440	473	455	568	609
Britan	41	42	36	28	24	26	33	31
France	36	33	23	21	34	35	24	20
USA	68	94	119	84	83	85	143	125
Other	23	29	50	51	63	66	129	113
TOTAL	493	544	634	624	677	667	897	898
Table Revised
Source: Labour Department
TABLE 6.5
TOTAL EMPLOYEES REGISTERED FOR  SOCIAL SECURITY
AS AT DECEMBER 31st, 1998
AGE GROUPS	MALES	%	FEMALE	%	TOTAL	%
>15	1	0.01	0	0	1	0.01
15-19	162	1.98	101	1.23	249	3.21
20-24	457	5.58	445	5.44	892	11.02
25-29	596	7.28	550	6.72	1,191	14.00
30-34	794	9.7	667	8.15	1,430	17.85
35-39	771	9.42	624	7.62	1,285	17.04
40-44	601	7.34	483	5.90	970	13.24
45-49	337	4.12	316	3.86	564	7.98
50-54	252	3.08	184	2.25	390	5.33
55--59	168	2.05	126	1.54	274	3..59
60-64	140	1.71	98	1.20	231	2.91
65 & Over	225	2.75	88	1.08	276	3.82
TOTALS	4,504	55.02	3,682	44.98	7,753	100.00
Source: Labour Department
TABLE 6.6
TOTAL EMPLOYEES REGISTERED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
AS AT DECEMBER 31st 1999
AGE GROUPS	MALE	%	FEMALES	%	TOTAL	%
> 15	1	0.01	0	0.00	1	0.01
15-19	202	2.33	143	1.65	345	3.97
20-24	443	5.10	430	4.95	873	10.05
25-29	614	7.07	556	6.40	1,170	13.47
30-34	781	8.99	661	7.61	1,442	16.60
35-39	822	9.46	675	7.77	1,497	17.23
40-44	648	7.46	511	5.88	1,159	13.34
45-49	423	4.87	369	4.25	792	9.12
50-54	284	3.27	198	2.28	482	5.55
55-59	175	2.01	136	1.57	311	3.58
60-64	158	1.82	104	1.20	262	3.02
65 & Over	244	2.81	110	1.27	354	4.07
TOTALS	4,795	55.19	3,893	44.81	8,688	100.00
Source: Social Security Board
TABLE 6.7
TOTAL EMPLOYEES REGISTERED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
AS AT DECEMBER 31ST 2000
AGE GROUPS	MALES	%	FEMALE	%	TOTAL	%
15-19	197	2.13	184	1.99	381	4.12
20-24	455	4.93	445	4.82	900	9.75
25-29	638	6.91	565	6.12	1,203	13.03
30-34	770	8.34	689	7.46	1,459	15.80
35-39	859	9.30	681	7.37	1,540	16.67
40-44	704	7.62	572	6.19	1,276	13.81
45-49	496	5.37	409	4.43	905	9.80
50-54	311	3.37	220	2.38	531	5.75
55-59	209	2.26	162	1.75	371	4.01
60-64	154	1.67	110	1.19	264	2.86
65 & Over	280	3.03	127	1.37	407	4.40
TOTALS	5,073	54.93	4,164	45.07	9,237	100.00
Source: Social Security Board
TABLE 6.8
BENEFITS ALLOWED BY TYPE: 1993 - 2000
TYPE	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
SICKNESS	752	677	674	1,005	848	982	1,140	1,441
MATERNITY	120	126	128	138	149	118	253	178
FUNERAL	11	19	9	10	16	12	14	16
SUB-TOTAL	883	822	811	1,153	1,013	1,112	1,407	1,635
AGE	13	14	16	15	43	18	40	24
SURVIVOR'S	6	7	1	7	9	8	5	10
INVALIDITY	5	4	1	5	3	3	7	7
SUB-TOTAL	24	25	18	27	55	29	52	41
TOTAL	907	847	829	1,180	1,068	1,141	1,459	1,676
Source: Social Security Board
TABLE 6.9
VALUE OF BENEFITS PAID 1994 - 2000
YEAR	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
SHORT TERM
Sickness	216,796	233,306	359,150	387,258	433,775	583,868	768,423
Maternity	303,323	303,306	311,746	347,649	349,257	379,341	569,903
Funeral	39,400	16,000	20,000	46,100	29,100	40,000	52,000
SUB-TOTAL	559,519	552,612	690,896	781,007	812,132	1,003,209	1,390,326
LON TERM
Age	338,263	406,144	436,131	624,299	708,512	790,283	986,267
Survivor's	88,245	70,867	84,292	113,189	127,388	144,557	211,122
Invalidity	22,023	30,910	49,343	67,481	113,651	108,752	126,604
SUB-TOTAL	448,531	507,921	569,766	804,969	949,551	1,043,592	1,323,993
TOTAL	1,008,050	1,060,533	1,260,662	1,585,976	1,761,683	2,046,801	2,714,319
Source: Social Security Board
TABLE 6.10
CLAIMS RECEIVED, PAID & DENIED 1999 - 2000
	NO. RECEIVED		NO PAID		NO. DENIED
TYPE	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000
SICKNESS	1,506	1,586	1,093	1,276	229	260
MATERNITY	253	156	99	140	0	5
FUNERAL	14	17	14	16	0	-
AGE	40	24	3	24	0	-
SURVIVORS	5	11	3	10	0	-
INVALIDITY	7	8	7	7	0	-
TOTAL	1,825	1,802	1,219	1,473	229	265
Source:  Social Security Board
TABLE 6.11
WORK PERMITS ISSUED BY OCCUPATION GROUP 1991-2000
OCCUPATION GROUP	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996*	1997	1998	1999	2000
Professional and Technical	113	100	98	117	93	119	119	125	174	162
Administrative & Managerial	23	22	18	21	37	40	60	47	64	47
Clerical	14	17	15	21	15	28	27	32	37	50
Sales	16	16	28	36	41	38	34	32	32	63
Service	161	31	175	196	174	190	178	174	186	210
Agricultural	9	167	21	17	12	9	8	14	38	20
Production, Construction,
Transport	177	204	153	141	264	197	251	243	366	346
TOTAL	513	557	508	549	636	621	677	667	897	898
Source: Labour Department
*Revised
TABLE 6.12
EMPLOYED LABOUR FORCE BY OCCUPATION GROUP AND SEX SEPTEMBER 1999
OCCUPATION	MALES		FEMALES		TOTAL
Legislators, Snr. Officials, Mgrs.	130		135		265
Professionals	340		505		850
Technicians & Assoc.  Prof.	260		190		450
Clerks	90		385		475
Service Workers & Sales	335		480		815
Agricultural & Fisheries	115		..		125
Craft & related Trades	740		80		820
Plant & Machine Operators	95		..		105
Unskilled Workers	75		40		115
None	1,105		1,055		2,160
TOTAL	3,285		2,870		6,180
Source:  Labour Force Survey September, 1999.
TABLE 6.13
EMPLOYED LABOUR FORCE BY INDUSTRY GROUP AND SEX, SEPTEMBER 1999
INDUSTRY	MALES	FEMALES	TOTAL	MALE: FEMALE
Agriculture, fishing, Mining	110	30	140	3.9
Manufacturing	220	125	340	1.8
Utilities	90	50	135	1.9
Construction	765	25	795	28.4
Trade	180	310	485	0.6
Hotels & Restaurants	615	810	1,425	0.8
Transport, Storage & Communications	395	75	470	5.3
Financial Intermediation & real Estate
Renting & Business Activities	125	295	420	1.0
Public Administration, Social Security	265	275	540	1.0
Education, Health & Social Work	75	430	505	0.2
Other Community, Social & Personal
Service Activities	35	75	110	0.5
Private Hhlds With Employed Persons	70	150	220	0.5
Not Stated	340	250	590	1.4
TOTAL	3,285	2,900	6,175	1.1
Source:  Labour Force Survey, September 1999.
TABLE 6.14
POPULATION, LABOUR FORCE, EMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED
15 YEARS & OVER 1984, 1992 & 1999
SEX	1984	1992	1999
POPULATION
	2,105	3,111	4,280
	2,243	3,113	4,935
	4,348	6,224	9,210
LABOUR FORCE
	1,547	2,553	3,445
	1,096	1,890	3,290
	2,643	4,443	6,735
EMPLOYED
	1,203	2,397	3,285
	731	1,724	2,890
	1,934	4,121	6,180
UNEMPLOYED
Male	344	156	160
Female	365	166	400
Both	709	322	560
Uemployment Rate (%)  Both 39.9	26.8	7.2	8.3
Participation Rate (%)   Both 53.2	60.8	71.4	52.3
Source: Population Census 1984, 1992 and Labour Force Survey September 1999.
TABLE 6.15
ANNUAL REGISTRATION OF NEW EMPLOYEES BY SEX & AGE GROUP 1996 - 2000
YEAR                           SEX	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60+	TOTAL
MALE	54	33	36	34	28	13	7	6	6	8	225
1996                         FEMALE	51	33	28	35	24	15	8	5	2	2	203
TOTAL	105	66	64	69	52	28	15	11	8	10	428
1997                            MALE	61	38	40	29	20	16	15	11	6	2	238
FEMALE	39	42	30	27	18	22	6	3	4	2	193
TOTAL	100	80	70	56	38	38	21	14	10	4	431
1998                            MALE	73	28	26	25	18	22	11	7	7	3	220
FEMALE	58	41	30	30	19	12	13	8	1	1	213
TOTAL	131	69	56	55	37	34	24	15	8	4	433
1999                            MALE	98	46	29	25	30	14	22	14	8	6	292
FEMALE	80	34	27	22	22	10	11	0	3	1	210
TOTAL	178	80	56	47	52	24	33	14	11	7	502
2000                            MALE	79	35	34	42	27	15	24	15	4	3	278
FEMALE	118	43	33	24	17	19	8	7	2	1	272
TOTAL	197	78	67	66	44	34	32	22	6	4	550
Source: Social Security Board
TABLE 6.16
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DURING CENSUS YEARS 1992 & 1999
	MALES ( 15 YEARS AND OVER)						FEMALES ( 15 YEARS AND OVER)
MAIN ACTIVITY	NUMBER			PERCENT			NUMBER			PERCENT
	1992	1999		1992	1999		1992	1999		1992	1999
ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE	2,553	3,445		82.1	80.5		1,890	3,290		60.7	66.67
Employed	2,397	3,285		77.0	76.8		1,724	2,890		55.4	58.6
Seeking Work	156	160		5	3.7		166	400		5.3	8.1
ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE	558	835		17.9	19.5		1,223	3,515		39.3	71.2
Home Duties	16	n.a.		0.5	n.a.		642	n.a.		20.6	n.a.
Student	179	n.a.		5.8	n.a.		216	n.a.		6.9	n.a.
retired	273	n.a.		8.8	n.a.		259	n.a.		8.3	n.a.
Sick	70	n.a.		2.3	n.a.		82	n.a.		2.6	n.a.
Other	15	n.a.		0.5	n.a.		21	n.a.		0.7	n.a.
NOT STATED	5	n.a.		0.2	n.a.		3	n.a.		0.1	n.a.
TOTAL	3,111	4,280		100	100		3,113	6,805		100	138
Source:  Population Census 1992 & Labour Survey. September 1999.
TABLE  6.17
DISTRIBUTION OF MAIN ACTIVITY BY AGE GROUP & SEX 1992
	MALES								FEMALE
MAIN ACTIVITY	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75+		15-19	20-24	25-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75+
ECONOMICALY ACTIVE	205	394	464	918	392	157	23		150	342	367	752	219	52	8
Employed	153	360	444	892	375	151	22		99	307	336	714	210	50	8
Seeking Work	52	34	20	26	17	6	1		51	35	31	38	9	2	-
ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE	182	15	6	19	54	155	127		223	47	60	179	201	305	208
Home Duties	3	3	-	4	3	2	1		8	32	51	160	160	169	62
Student	171	6	-	1	-	1	-		210	5	1	-	-	-	-
Retired	-	1	-	1	30	131	110		-	-	-	-	25	125	109
Sick	5	1	3	9	15	21	16		2	4	7	10	11	11	37
Other	3	3	2	3	4	-	-		3	5	1	8	4	-	-
NOT STATED	-	1	1	1	2	-	-		-	1	-	1	1	-	-
TOTAL	387	409	470	937	446	312	150		373	389	427	931	420	357	216
Source:  Population Census 1992.