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Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 15 1st DS 1st 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 1st Quarter 2019 with comparison to the same period of 2018.

Contained therein is information on Registration, Active Contributors and Beneficiaries activities.
Registration Activity 800 600 400 200 0 Registration Activity 1st Qtr, 2018R & 2019 685 730 108 75 107 148 Insured Persons Employers Self-Employed 2018 2019 Figure 1 Figure 1 depicts the registration activity by category for the 1st Quarter of 2018 and 2019, respectively.

For the 1st Quarter 2019, new insured persons increased by 6.6% relative to the same period in the previous year.

Likewise, new registration of employers and self-employed persons increased by 44.0% and 38.3%, respectively.
1 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 15 1st DS 1st Quarter 2018 - 2019 Insured Persons Registration Table 1: Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 1st Qtr 2018 R 1st Qtr 2019 Male Female Male Female 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 124 131 50 22 12 2 100 148 49 32 13 2 102 124 78 54 36 2 110 114 49 31 19 0 341 344 397 333 Total 685 730 insured 1 shows new Table persons by age group and sex.
Whereas a 16.4% increase in male registrants was observed for 1st Quarter female registrants, there was a slight drop of 3.2%.

2019, for insured persons The largest proportion [29.0%] of 1st new Quarter 2019 was within the 20 – 29 year age group.
for Table 2: Unemployed Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 1st Qtr 2018 R 1st Qtr 2019 Male Female Male Female 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 64 74 68 10 10 3 0 103 77 22 6 12 1 81 56 18 16 12 2 104 55 22 12 6 0 165 221 185 199 Total 386 384 For the 1st Quarter 2019, 52.6% of new insured persons indicated that they were unemployed at the point of registration.
Further, data revealed that registrants between the age of 30 and 59 years had increase of 36.5% unemployed an 1st status when compared to the Quarter of 2018.

The number of new insured persons within the 20 – 29 age cohort who indicated that they were unemployed decreased by 23.5% relative to the same period of the previous year.
2 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 15 1st DS 1st Quarter 2018 - 2019 Table 3: Insured Persons Registration by Nationality Nationality 1st Qtr 2018R 1st Qtr 2019 Antigua & Barbuda OECS CARICOM1 International Total 355 180 76 74 685 353 172 126 79 730 insured persons non-OECS territories Registration of and as categorized International increased by 59.5% and 6.8%, respectively, during the 1st Quarter 2019 relative to the corresponding period of 2018. from CARICOM Conversely, there was a decrease in registration of 4.4% for OECS nationals when compared to the same period for 2018.
Registration of nationals of Antigua and Barbuda remained relatively the same for both periods.
(Table 3) Table 4: Insured Persons Registration 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 … 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 1st Qtr 2018R 1st Qtr Table 4 shows those new insured persons who stated the industry they were employed in at the point of Registration during Quarter 1 of 2018 and 2019, respectively.
16% more new Approximately insured persons were employed for 1st Qtr 2019 relative to the same period in 2018. for registration Whereas of Construction workers increased by 1st Qtr 2019, new 133.33% insured registration of workers in the Accommodation and Food Service Industry was the same for both periods.

the respective period, For approximately 61% of the new insured registrants who indicated their status as “employed” were male.
3 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 15 1st DS 1st Quarter 2018 - 2019 Economic Activity: Contributors Table 5: Active Contributors by Industry 1st Qtr 2018R & 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 … 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 1st Qtr 2018R 1st Qtr 2019 P No.
of Employers 358 417 No.

of Employees 7,119 590 No.

of Employers 270 329 No.
of Employees The number of active employers and employees (inclusive of dual employment) by industry for 1st Quarter 2018 and 2019, respectively, are shown at Table 5.
Overall, contributors’ participation declined by 12.5% for employers and by 4.7% for employees.

Further, a decline of 8.7% was recorded for self-employed persons relative to the same period in 2018.
4 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 15 1st DS 1st 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 1st Qtr, 2018R & 2019 1,416 1,274 208 162 185 181 99 125 108 50 Sickness Benefit Maternity Allowance Maternity Grant Funeral Grant Other Grants 2018 2019 Figure 2 Figure 2 shows the Short-term Benefit claims that were fully processed during 1st Quarter 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Approval of Short-term Benefit claims declined by 5.5% for 1st Quarter 2019 relative to the same period in 2018.

The majority of these claims were for Sickness Benefit – 68.9% of all Short-term Benefit claims.

With 1,274 insured persons receiving Sickness Benefit, the average length of sick days was 9.3 days at a cost of $0.903 million.
5 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 5, Issue 15 1st DS 1st Quarter 2018 - 2019 Benefits Activity: Long-Term Branch Number of Pensioners 1st Qtr, 2018R & 2019 11,709 11,319 11,167 10,747 10,814 10,259 12,000 11,500 11,000 10,500 10,000 9,500 January February March 2018 2019 Figure 3 Figure 3 illustrates the number of pensioners in receipt of a monthly pension for the 1st Quarter 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Approximately 300 new pensions were awarded during the 1st Quarter 2019; an increase of 11.2% relative to the same period in 2018.

Conversely, 107 pensioners exited the Social Security Programme through death, of which 73 were Age Pension recipients.

Of the 11,709 pensioners at the end of the 1st Quarter 2019, 88.4% or 10,350 pensioners were receiving an Age Pension from the Social Security Fund – of which 5,750 [55.6%] were female recipients.

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