WILLEMSTAD - From October 10 to November 1, employees of the Central Bureau of Statistics, the CBS, will conduct a survey about employment in Curaçao. This is a survey that the CBS conducts in the months of September and October every year. The result of the survey gives a picture of the level of unemployment, how many people have a job, what the percentage of people with a job is compared to the total population, and the number of job seekers.
Asking questions with a concrete goal
The CBS regularly conducts surveys among the population to obtain information and to report on the social and economic status of the country based on figures. To obtain the information and to collect the figures, CBS uses a questionnaire to ask the population about the subjects that are currently being researched.
It is good to report that the personal data and information collected by the CBS remain confidential. It is prohibited by law for CBS to share the information collected in a survey with another entity or person. This means that when information is published, CBS always protects the privacy of the persons who took part in the survey. CBS only uses the information to get a general picture of the topic they have conducted a survey about.
Employment in 2020
CBS will now investigate how employment in Curaçao will be in 2020. The aim of all questions is to obtain data that give an idea of the employment situation in Curaçao. Normally, a CBS employee will visit the people who have been selected to take part in the survey. But COVID-19 had to change the way of asking questions. The survey is now conducted by telephone. A CBS employee will call the people, identify themselves and ask the person being called for permission to ask the questions.
CBS will publish the results in due course by means of a press release, but also on its website and on its social media platform.
