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Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 4, Issue 13 DS 3rd Quarter 2017 - 2018 Statistics Bulletin INTRODUCTION This issue provides an overview of the operational performance of the Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board (ABSSB) for the third quarter of 2018, with comparison to the same period of 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 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Registration Activity 3rd Qtr 2017- 2018 691 792 76 73 70 88 3rd Qtr 2017 3rd Qtr 2018 Year Insured Persons Employers Self-Employed Figure 1 Figure 1 displays a breakdown of the registration activity for 3rd Qtr 2017 and 2018, respectively.

There was an increase of new insured persons by 14.6% in the third quarter of 2018 in comparison to the new insured persons for the same period of the previous year.
On the other hand, new registered Employers experienced a decrease of 7.8%, during the review period.

There was also an increase of 20.5% in self-employed registration between 3rd Qtr 2017 and 2018, as shown in Figure 1.

1 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 4, Issue 13 DS 3rd Quarter 2017 - 2018 Insured Persons Registration Table 1: Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 3nd Qtr 2017 3nd Qtr 2018 Male Female Male Female Table 1 gives details of persons by age group and sex.
insured 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60+ Total 159 121 29 23 15 1 162 109 44 22 5 1 188 134 81 43 25 0 164 77 51 18 10 1 348 343 471 321 proportion For the third quarter of 2018, the of largest insured persons was within the 16 – 19 year age group.

[44.4%] There was an registration by 35.3%.


increase in male Table 2: Unemployed Insured Persons by Age Group & Sex Age Group 3rd Qtr 2017 3rd Qtr 2018 Male Female Male Female 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60+ Total 129 58 5 4 7 1 139 154 52 13 4 3 0 46 16 8 6 0 138 42 28 1 4 0 204 211 230 213 In 2018, 55.9% of the newly insured persons indicated that they were unemployed the point of registration.
at that further revealed Data the number of unemployed persons in the 30 – 39 years age cohort went from 18 persons in the third quarter of 2017 to 44 persons in the third quarter of 2018, which is a significant increase of 144%.

The number of new insured persons with unemployment status within the 20 – 29 age cohort decreased by 20% when compared to the previous year.
2 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 4, Issue 13 DS 3rd Quarter 2017 - 2018 Table 3: Insured Persons Registration by Nationality Nationality 3rd Qtr 2017 3rd Qtr 2018 Antigua & Barbuda OECS CARICOM1 International Total 420 97 103 71 691 462 129 74 127 792 For the third quarter of 2018, there was an increase in registration of 32.9% for OECS nationals and a decrease of 39.2% for CARICOM nationals when compared to the same period for 2017.
(Table 3) Registration of insured persons from territories categorized as International increased by 76.3% relative to the third quarter of 2017.
1 Non-OECS 3 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 4, Issue 13 DS 3rd Quarter 2017 - 2018 Active Insured Activity Table 4: Active Contributors by Industry 3rd Qtr 2017 Industry Description 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 defence; 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 Grand Total 2 Inclusive of dual employment No.
of Employers No.
of Employees2 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 4, Issue 13 DS 3rd Quarter 2017 - 2018 Table 5: Active Contributors by Industry 3rd Qtr 2018 Industry Description 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 Other service activities Professional, scientific and technical activities Public administration and defence; 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 Grand Total No.
of Employers 249 No.

of Employees3 The number of active employers and employees by industry for the third quarter of 2017 and 2018 respectively are shown at Tables 4 and 5.
3 Inclusive of dual employment 5 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 4, Issue 13 DS 3rd Quarter 2017 - 2018 Benefits Activity: Short-Term Branch Short-Term Claims Submitted and Approved, 3rd Qtr 2017 2,036 1,763 279 272 74 74 98 96 Sickness Benefit Maternity Benefit Funeral Grant Other Grants Short-Term Claims Submitted and Approved 3rd Qtr 2018 1,415 1,173 251 182 113 107 64 64 Sickness Benefit Maternity Benefit Funeral Grant Other Grants 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Submitted Approved Figure 2 Submitted Approved Figure 3 6 Antigua & Barbuda Social Security Board Volume 4, Issue 13 DS 3rd Quarter 2017 - 2018 Benefits Activity: Long-Term Branch Number of Active Pensioners 3rd Qtr, 2017 & 2018 11,214 11,022 10,958 10,789 10,279 10,216 2017 2018 s r e n o i s n e P f o .
o N 11,400 11,200 11,000 10,800 10,600 10,400 10,200 10,000 9,800 9,600 July August September Figure 4 Figure 4 illustrates the number of pensioners in receipt of a monthly pension for the third quarter of 2017 and 2018, respectively.

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