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Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 18 1st DS 4th 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 4th Quarter 2019 with comparison to the same period of 2018.

Information on Registration, Active Contributors and Beneficiaries activities are shared therein.
Registration Activity 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Registration Activity 4th Qtr, 2018 & 2019 716 646 72 57 68 92 Insured Persons Employers Self-Empolyed 2018 2019 Figure 1 Figure 1 depicts the registration activity by category for the 4th Quarter of 2018 and 2019, respectively.

For the 4th Quarter 2019, new insured persons decreased by 9.8% relative to the same period in the previous year.
New registration of employers decreased by 20.8%; and, for self-employed persons, registration increased by 35.3%.
R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag 1 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 18 1st DS 4th Quarter 2018 - 2019 Insured Persons Registration Table 1: Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 4th Qtr 2018 R Male Female Male Female 4th Qtr 2019 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 160 139 62 40 19 0 142 118 82 39 21 12 0 92 65 39 32 2 99 100 49 35 11 4 Table 1 shows new insured persons by age group and sex.
There was a slight increase of 0.7% for female registrants in 4th Quarter 2019.

While, male registrants decreased by 17% The largest proportion [33.6%] of new insured persons for 4th Quarter 2019 was within the 16 – 19 year age group.
420 296 348 298 Total 716 646 Table 2: Unemployed Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 4th Qtr 2018 R 4th Qtr 2019 Male Female Male Female 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 114 110 63 7 16 4 0 30 11 5 7 0 87 26 15 11 7 0 80 31 11 11 4 2 204 163 146 139 Total 367 285 R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag For the 4th Quarter 2019, 44% of new insured persons they were unemployed at the point of registration.
indicated that Further, data showed of the 285 insured persons who indicated an unemployed status, the highest proportion of these registrants [58.6%] continues to represent the less than 20 years age group for the 4th Quarter of 2019.

During the period under review, 50% of females within the age group 60 – 64, indicated that they were unemployed.
2 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 18 1st DS 4th Quarter 2018 - 2019 Table 3: Insured Persons Registration by Nationality Nationality 4th Qtr 2018R 4th Qtr 2019 Antigua & Barbuda OECS CARICOM1 International Total 381 138 83 114 716 274 156 80 136 646 Registration of insured persons from Antigua & Barbuda decreased by 28.1%; also CARICOM nationals experienced the same by 3.6%; and International registrants saw an increase by 19.3% during the 4th Quarter 2019 relative to the corresponding period of 2018.
There was an increase of OECS nationals by [13.0%] in 2019.
(Table 3) 1 Non-OECS P - Provisional R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag 3 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 18 1st DS 4th Quarter 2018 - 2019 Economic Activity: Contributors Table 4: Active Contributors by Industry 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 4th Qtr 2018R 4th Qtr 2019 P No.
of Employers 354 377 No.

of Employees 7,300 569 No.

of Employers 309 339 No.
of Employees The number of active employers and employees (inclusive of dual employment) by industry for 4th Quarter 2018 and 2019, respectively, are shown at Table 4.
Overall, employers’ participation declined by 3.7% and employee’s increased by just a, mere 1.3%.

Also, a decline of 6.6% 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 18 1st DS 4th Quarter 2018 - 2019 Benefits Activity: Short-Term Branch 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 Number of Short-Term Benefit Claims Approved 4th Qtr, 2018 & 2019 1,039, 1,253 187 154 192 159 80 89 95 38 Sickness Benefit Maternity Allowance Maternity Grant Funeral Grant Other Grants 2018 2019 Figure 2 Figure 2 shows the number of Short-term Benefit claims that were approved during 4th Quarter 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Approval of Short-term Benefit claims increased by 15.2% for 4th Quarter 2019 relative to the same period in 2018.

Sickness Benefit increased moderately by 20.5%, followed by Funeral Grant of 11.3%.

The majority of all Short-term Benefit claims processed were for Sickness Benefit – 71.2%.

With 1,253 insured persons receiving Sickness Benefit, the average length of sick days was 9.0 days at a cost of $0.903 million.
The average length of sick days for 4th Quarter 2018 was 10.7 days at a cost of $1.032 million.
R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag 5 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 18 1st DS 4th Quarter 2018 - 2019 Benefits Activity: Long-Term Branch Number of Pensioners October - December, 2018R & 2019 11,428 11,287 11,309 11,614 10,997 10,971 11,700 11,500 11,300 11,100 10,900 10,700 10,500 October November 2018 2019 December Figure 3 Figure 3 illustrates the number of pensioners in receipt of a monthly pension for the last three months of 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Approximately 81 new pensions were awarded during the 4th Quarter 2019 compared to 263 from the same period in 2018; a decrease of 69.2%.

For the 4th Quarter 2019, 102 pensioners exited the Social Security Programme through death, of which 58 were Age Pension recipients.

Contrast with, 105 pensioners for the same period 2018; 53 from the Age Pension category.
Of the 11,614 pensioners, during the 4th Quarter, approximately 88% or 10,242 received Age Pension; 266 received invalidity pension, 1,076 received survivors and 30 persons received old age assistance R - Revised www.socialsecurity.gov.ag 6