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Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 16 1st DS 2nd Quarter 2018 - 2019 Statistics Bulletin INTRODUCTION This issue provides an overview of the operational performance of the Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board (ABSSB) for the 2nd Quarter 2019 with comparison to the same period of 2018.

Information on Registration, Active Contributors and Beneficiaries activities are shared therein.
Registration Activity 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Registration Activity 2nd Qtr, 2018 & 2019 840 746 85 65 116 133 Insured Persons Employers Self-Employed 2018 2019 Figure 1 Figure 1 depicts the registration activity by category for the 2nd Quarter of 2018 and 2019, respectively.

For the 2nd Quarter 2019, new insured persons increased by 12.6% relative to the same period in the previous year.

New registration of employers decreased by 23.5% and increased for self-employed persons by 14.7%.
R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag 1 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 16 1st DS 2nd Quarter 2018 - 2019 Insured Persons Registration Table 1: Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 2nd Qtr 2018 R Male Female Male Female 2nd Qtr 2019 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 152 127 44 29 13 0 194 108 52 19 8 0 152 162 78 58 32 4 180 106 39 21 6 2 365 381 486 354 Total 746 840 Table insured 1 shows new persons by age group and sex.
Whereas a 33.2% increase in male registrants was observed for 2nd female Quarter registrants, there was a decrease of 7.1%.

2019, for insured persons The largest proportion [39.5%] of for 2nd new Quarter 2019 was within the 16 – 19 year age group.
Table 2: Unemployed Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 2nd Qtr 2018 R Male Female Male Female 2nd Qtr 2019 132 169 138 161 65 14 8 4 0 53 16 8 3 0 52 14 9 11 2 50 18 9 5 2 223 249 226 245 Total 472 471 R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag For the 2nd Quarter 2019, 56.1% of new insured persons indicated that they were unemployed at the point of registration.
Further, data revealed that the highest proportion of registrants [63.7%] who indicated an unemployed status at the point of registration were under 20 years for the 2nd Quarter of 2018 and 2019, respectively.

The number of new insured persons within the 20 – 29 age cohort who indicated that they were unemployed decreased by 13.6% relative to the same period of the previous year.
2 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 16 1st DS 2nd Quarter 2018 - 2019 Table 3: Insured Persons Registration by Nationality Nationality 2nd Qtr 2018R 2nd Qtr 2019 Antigua & Barbuda OECS CARICOM1 International Total 454 134 107 51 746 443 171 166 60 840 Registration of territories insured persons categorized as non-OECS CARICOM; OECS; and International increased by 55.1%; 27.6% and 17.6%, respectively, during the 2nd Quarter 2019 relative to the corresponding period of 2018. from Conversely, registration of Antigua and Barbuda nationals.
(Table 3) there was a slight decline [2.4%] in Fifty-one percent [226] of registered Antiguans and Barbudans were females.
Table 4: Insured Persons Registration by Industry 2nd Qtr 2018R 2nd Qtr 2019P Industry Description Accommodation and food service activities Activities of households as employers… Administrative and support service activities Agriculture, forestry and fishing Arts, entertainment and recreation Construction Education Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning … Human health and social work activities Information and communication Manufacturing Other service activities Professional, scientific … Transportation and storage Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles Grand Total 1 Non-OECS P - Provisional R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag Table 4 shows those new insured persons who stated the industry they were employed in at the point of Registration during Quarter 2 of 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Approximately 35% more new insured persons were employed, at the point of Registration, for 2nd Qtr 2019 relative to the same period in 2018.

For the 2nd Qtr 2019, registration of Construction workers increased by 258.1%.

Newly insured registration of workers in the Wholesale and Retail Trade Industry declined by 25.4% for the same period relative to 2018.

Approximately 71% of the new insured registrants who indicated their status as “employed” were male.
3 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 16 1st DS 2nd Quarter 2018 - 2019 Economic Activity: Contributors Table 5: Active Contributors by Industry 2nd Qtr 2018R & 2019 R Industry Description Accommodation and food service activities Activities of households as employers… Administrative and support service activities Agriculture, forestry and fishing Arts, entertainment and recreation Construction Education Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning … Financial and insurance activities Human health and social work activities Information and communication Manufacturing Mining and quarrying Other service activities Professional, scientific … Public administration and … 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 Grand Total 2nd Qtr 2018R 2nd Qtr 2019 R No.
of Employers 352 414 No.

of Employees 7,012 605 No.

of Employers 322 346 No.
of Employees The number of active employers and employees (inclusive of dual employment) by industry for 2nd Quarter 2018 and 2019, respectively, are shown at Table 5.
Overall, employers’ participation declined by 8.4% while contributors’ participation increased by approximately 2.0%.

Further, a decline of 6.2% was recorded for self-employed persons relative to the same period in 2018.
4 R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 16 1st DS 2nd Quarter 2018 - 2019 Benefits Activity: Short-Term Branch 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 - Number of Short-Term Benefit Claims Approved 2nd Qtr, 2018 & 2019 1,555 1,318 108 122 131 156 89 78 69 42 Sickness Benefit Maternity Allowance Maternity Grant Funeral Grant Other Grants 2018 2019 Figure 2 Figure 2 shows the Short-term Benefit claims that were processed during 2nd Quarter 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Approval of Short-term Benefit claims decreased by 12.9% for 2nd Quarter 2019 relative to the same period in 2018.

Maternity Benefit was the only benefit that showed an increase relative to 2018.

The majority of all Short-term Benefit claims were for Sickness Benefit – 77.6%.

With 1,318 insured persons receiving Sickness Benefit, the average length of sick days was 8.8 days at a cost of $0.970 million.

The average length of sick days for 2nd Quarter 2018 was 8.0 days at a cost of $0.938 million.
R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag 5 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 16 1st DS 2nd Quarter 2018 - 2019 Benefits Activity: Long-Term Branch Number of Pensioners Jan - Jun, 2018R & 2019 12,000 11,500 11,711 11,487 11,605 11,521 11,672 11,319 11,165 11,275 10,953 11,000 10,748 10,813 10,500 10,258 10,000 9,500 January February March April May June 2018 2019 Figure 3 Figure 3 illustrates the number of pensioners in receipt of a monthly pension for the first six months of 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Approximately 125 new pensions were awarded during the 2nd Quarter 2019; a decrease of 31.0% relative to the same period in 2018.

Conversely, 78 insured persons exited the Social Security Programme through death, of which 57 were Pension recipients.

Of the 11,672 pensioners at the end of the 2nd Quarter 2019, 88.2% or 10,300 pensioners were receiving an Age Pension from the Social Security Fund – of which 5,690 [55.2%] were female recipients.

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