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Women and Men in the Caribbean CommunityTable 5.19 Sex composition of the employed in industry group, 1990/1991 andlatest available yearAgriculture Industry Services All sectorsCountry Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men1990/1991Antigua and Barbuda a 27 73 16 84 54 46 46 54The Bahamas 14 86 18 82 54 46 47 53Barbados 34 66 27 73 51 49 45 55Belize 3 97 17 83 40 60 24 76Dominica 15 85 20 80 55 45 35 65Grenada 22 78 20 80 51 49 38 62Guyana 18 82 20 80 45 55 32 68Jamaica 25 75 25 75 58 42 43 57Montserrat 23 77 14 86 58 42 42 58St. Kitts and Nevis 28 72 31 69 55 45 44 56Saint Lucia 24 76 35 65 51 49 41 59St. Vincent and the Grenadines 20 80 18 82 48 52 35 65Suriname 18 82 14 86 41 59 34 66Trinidad and Tobago 21 79 16 84 43 57 32 68Latest year (around 2000)Antigua and Barbuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Bahamas 11 89 18 82 53 47 46 54Barbados a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Belize 7 93 22 78 46 54 31 69Dominica 25 75 24 76 58 42 43 57Grenada 28 72 21 79 53 47 40 60Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jamaica 19 81 18 82 56 44 42 58Montserrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Kitts and Nevis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saint Lucia 31 69 32 68 54 46 45 55St. Vincent and the Grenadines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Suriname 17 83 10 90 44 56 34 66Trinidad and Tobago 15 85 17 83 47 53 36 64Source: Calculated based on data compiled by the CARICOM Secretariat from (i) 1990-1991 Population andHousing Census of the Commonwealth; and (ii) Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002, KILM 4. InternationalLabour Office, Geneva, 2002.a Compiled from KILM, ILO, 2002.112
Chapter 5: WORKChart 5.8 Services a major employer of women and to a lesser extent for men100Distribution of emplyed population by industry group, latest yearPer cent of the employed755025AgricultureIndustry0WomenMenTheBahamasWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMen* Antigua and Suriname * Montserrat Belize Trinidad Barbados * St. Vincent Grenada Jamaica Dominica * St. Kitts and * GuyanaBarbudaand Tobagoand theNevisGrenadinesWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenWomenMenSaint LuciaServicesSource: Based on table 5.18*Data refers to 1990/1991.Services Industry AgricultureLabour Market OutcomesHours of WorkBox 5.3MEASURING PART-TIME WORKPart-time work is a more integral part of the labour market in the industrialised countries than in othercountries, and the labour market of the industrialised is relatively more flexible (with respect to therange of work hours offered). Unless specific questions are asked about whether a job held is parttimeor full-time, it is not totally accurate to assume that those who worked for less than a specifiednumber of hours in a work week (for example less than 20 hours), are all part-time workers. This isbecause the week of the survey or the reference week to which the data pertains may not have beena typical week (and though some may have worked on a part-time basis, others may have workedfewer hours than usual for involuntary reasons—including unexpected days off due to illness, emergency,temporary shut down, etc.). Moreover, what is considered normal work hours vary from countryto country. In the Caribbean, for the countries for which data are available, normal work periodsrange from 40 to 48 hours (ILO, 2002; KILM 6, p. 218). Similarly, when part-time work is deducedfrom the actual hours worked per week, there could be various cut-off times with respect to hoursworked. The 20 hours-a-week cut-off is used here to represent part-time, but the data availablereflect different cut-offs in some countries, as noted in table 5.20.Long Working Hours Less Common among Employed Women than MenPart-time work is more common among employed women than employed men (table 5.20).There are proportionately more women in part-time work than men in all countries exceptin The Bahamas, where 5 per cent of both employed women and employed men workedpart-time. Of the eight countries for which data have been presented, Grenada has the113
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