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Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 3, Issue 10 DS 2016 - 2017 Statistics Bulletin INTRODUCTION This issue provides an overview of the operational performance of the Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board (ABSSB) for the years 2016 & 2017.

It shares information on Registration, Active Contributors, and Benefit Payment activities.

Registration Activity s n o s r e P f o .


o N 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 - Registration Activity 2016 & 2017 2,643 2,759 356 424 351 449 Insured Persons Employers Self-Employed 2016 2017 Year Figure 1 Figure 1 displays a breakdown of the registration activity for 2016 and 2017, respectively.

For 2017, newly insured persons increased by 4.4% relative to 2016.

Additionally, in 2017, self-employed registration increased by 6% relative to 2016.
1 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 3, Issue 10 DS 2016 - 2017 Insured Persons Registration Table 1: Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 2016 2017 Male Female Male Female 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60+ Total 125 748 209 119 72 20 178 735 212 162 59 4 346 668 180 120 73 7 396 620 185 110 50 4 1,293 1,350 1,394 1,365 Table 1 shares insured persons by age group and sex.

For 2017, the largest of insured persons was within the 20 – 29 year age group.
proportion [46.7%] There were increases to both male and female registration by 7.8% and 1.1%, respectively for 2017.

Table 2: Unemployed Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 16 - 19 2016 2017 Male Female Male Female 279 166 341 101 20 - 29 435 438 356 362 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60+ 38 29 16 1 38 29 18 6 67 33 24 1 53 32 23 2 Total 685 630 822 751 In 2017, 57% of the newly insured persons indicated that they were the point of unemployed registration.
at Data further revealed that the 16 - 19 age cohort had an increase of 132.2% unemployment when compared to 2016. for Unemployment status those within the 20 – 29 age cohort declined by 17.8% when compared to the previous year.
2 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 3, Issue 10 DS 2016 - 2017 Table 3: Insured Persons Registration by Nationality Nationality 2016 2017 Antigua & Barbuda 1,386 1,525 OECS CARICOM1 International 314 615 328 528 438 268 Total 2,643 2,759 For 2017, there was an increase in registration of OECS nationals by 68.2%.

(Table 3) On the other hand, registration of insured persons from non-OECS CARICOM territories declined by 18.3% when compared to 2016.
1 Non-OECS 3 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 3, Issue 10 DS 2016 - 2017 Active Insured Activity Table 4: Active Contributors by Industry 2016 Description /Industry Accommodation and food service activities Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use Administrative and support service activities Agriculture, forestry and fishing Arts, entertainment and recreation Construction Education Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply Financial and insurance activities Human health and social work activities Information and communication Manufacturing Mining and quarrying Other service activities Professional, scientific and technical activities Public administration and defense; compulsory social security Real estate activities Transportation and storage Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles Total: 2 Inclusive of dual employment No.
of Employers 433 590 148 99 46 240 124 9 80 110 42 190 1 271 146 79 63 170 12 650 3,503 No.

of Employees2 9,127 873 3,105 250 1057 2,517 1,388 880 1,475 1,521 659 1,346 39 781 733 9,567 1,156 2,396 69 6,854 45,793 4 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 3, Issue 10 DS 2016 - 2017 Table 5: Active Contributors by Industry 2017 Description /Industry No.

of Employers No.
of Employees3 Accommodation and food service activities 485 9,164 Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use Administrative and support service activities Agriculture, forestry and fishing Arts, entertainment and recreation Construction Education Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply Financial and insurance activities Human health and social work activities Information and communication Manufacturing Mining and quarrying Other service activities Professional, scientific and technical activities Public administration and defense; compulsory social security Real estate activities Transportation and storage Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles Total: Tables 4 and 5 show the number of active employers and contributors by industry for 2016 and 2017, respectively.
3 Inclusive of dual employment 5 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 3, Issue 10 DS 2016 - 2017 Benefits Activity: Short-Term Branch Comparison Short-Term Claims Submitted and Approved 2016 6,199 5,813 638 636 348 346 204 201 Sickness Benefit Maternity Benefit Funeral Grant Other Grants Comparison Short-Term Claims Submitted and Approved 2017 6,665 6,361 654 645 345 343 273 270 Sickness Benefit Maternity Benefit Funeral Grant Other Grants 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 - 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 - Submitted Approved Figure 2 Submitted Approved Figure 3 6 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 3, Issue 10 DS 2016 - 2017 Figures 2 and 3 highlight the types of claims for Short-Term Benefit.
Sickness Benefit claims accounted for 84% of total Short–Term Benefits claims submitted during 2017.

Of that, 95.4% of those claims were approved for payment.

When compared to 2016, there was a small increase [9.4%] in Sickness Benefit claims being approved.

Submitted claims for Maternity Benefit increased by 2.5% in 2017.

Funeral Grant claims submitted registered a marginal decline of 0.9%.

Other Grants namely Age, Invalidity and Survivors Grants increased by 33.8% for 2017.
7 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 3, Issue 10 DS 2016 - 2017 Benefits Activity: Long-Term Branch Number of Pensioners 2016 & 2017 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2016 2017 Figure 4 Year 2016 2017 Jan 8,855 8,837 Feb Mar 10,335 10,138 11,035 10,650 Apr May 10,568 10,041 10,980 10,558 Jun Jul 10,674 8,936 11,156 9,506 Aug 10,670 11,581 Sep 10,583 11,332 Oct 10,095 10,645 Nov Dec 10,861 10,715 11,168 11,152 Figure 4 illustrates the number of pensioners in receipt of a monthly pension for 2016 and 2017, respectively.
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