Women and Men in the Caribbean Community

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Women and Men in the Caribbean CommunityTable 1.3 Population change from 1980/1981 to 1990/1991 and from 1990/1991to 2000/2001Source: Calculatedfrom table 1.1.Note: Figures derivedfrom populationestimates arepresented in italics.a 1982 for Jamaica.Percentage change in populationaFrom 1980/1981 to 1990/1991 From 1990/1991 to 2000/2001CountryWomen Men Total Women Men TotalAntigua and Barbuda . . . . . . . . . 21.7 21.9 21.8The Bahamas 11.5 12.0 11.8 29.7 29.5 29.6Barbados 0.2 2.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1Belize 29.7 30.7 30.2 25.5 24.2 24.8Dominica -5.8 -5.9 -5.9 0.1 5.0 2.6Grenada -6.3 -2.4 -4.5 19.9 21.3 20.6Guyana -4.1 -5.1 -4.6 2.7 2.7 2.7Jamaica 5.8 5.6 5.7 10.6 14.7 12.6Montserrat -10.6 -4.4 -7.6 -53.6 -47.2 -50.4St. Kitts and Nevis -7.9 -4.4 -6.2 11.6 14.4 13.0Saint Lucia 16.6 18.6 17.5 11.2 15.7 13.4St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5.7 12.1 8.8 5.0 5.0 5.0Suriname 12.1 14.3 13.2 8.1 8.9 8.5Trinidad and Tobago 6.5 6.6 6.6 11.5 12.9 12.2TOTAL . . . . . . . . . 10.4 12.5 11.4Five countries showed a decrease in population, four of them countries with less than 100,000population (Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Grenada) in the 1980 to 1990decade. In three of these countries, there was a disproportionate loss of women relative tomen. The change in female population amounted to -10.6 per cent in Montserrat, -7.9 percent in St. Kitts and Nevis and -6.3 per cent in Grenada, whereas the corresponding figuresfor males for these same countries were -4.4 per cent, -4.4 per cent and -2.4 per cent (table 1.3).The sex differential seen here suggest differences in the rates of migration between womenand men, with either more women than men leaving the country, more men than womenentering the country, or both.Chart 1.2 Slightly bigger changes in male than in female populations40Population change from 1990/1991 to 2000/20013020100-10-20-30-40-50MontserratBarbadosDominicaGuyanaSt. Vincent and theGrenadinesSurinameTrinidad and TobagoJamaicaSt. Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaGrenadaAntigua and BarbudaBelizeThe BahamasWomenMen-60Source: Based on table 1.3.12
Chapter 1 POPULATIONTable 1.4 Crude birth rates and crude death rates for 1980, 1990 and latest available yearCrude birth rateCrude death rateCountry1980 1990 Latest 1980 1990 LatestAntigua and Barbuda 18.2 20.2 19.1 b 6.1 6.3 6.4 bThe Bahamas 28.3 24.0 20.1 b 6.4 5.3 6.1 bBarbados 17.2 a 16.8 14.5 c 8.1 8.7 9.1 cBelize 43.1 38.1 25.1 p b 4.9 4.3 5.7 p bDominica 24.7 22.4 16.2 b 5.3 7.2 7.8 bGrenada 23.5 25.8 … 6.9 8.5 7.1 eGuyana … 26.0 23.9 e 7.4 8.0 7.2 eJamaica 27.5 25.2 22.0 c 6.8 6.3 6.7 cMontserrat 19.3 … 9.4 c 8.9 … 12.4 cSt. Kitts and Nevis 26.7 23.1 21.5 d 11.3 10.8 9.7 dSaint Lucia 31.9 26.7 18.2 e 6.8 6.5 6.0 eSt. Vincent and the Grenadines 29.9 24.1 19.4 c 7.0 6.0 7.4 cSuriname 27.7 23.8 25.8 d 6.1 6.9 6.9 dTrinidad and Tobago 27.6 19.7 14.5 d 6.9 6.7 7.2 dSource: Compiled by theCARICOM Secretariat fromvarious national statisticaldigests and yearbooks,and data provided byMember States.p Provisional figure.a Data for 1998.b Data for 1984.c Data for 1999.d Data for 1997.e Data for 2000.Compared to the earlier decade, the 1990–2000 period showed a higher population growth formost of the countries. Looking at only the nine countries for which census data are availablefor 2000/2001, seven countries show a double-digit increase, and none showed a decrease.The Bahamas, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada all had population increases in boththe female and male populations, of about 20 per cent or more, in the last decade (chart 1.2).Three other countries (St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago) hadincreases of 12 to13 per cent over the decade. The female and male populations in Barbadosincreased insignificantly, while for Dominica the male population increased substantiallymore than the female population (five per cent compared to one-tenth of a per cent).In the five countries whose populations decreased between 1980 and 1990 (Dominica,Grenada, Guyana, Montserrat and St. Kitts and Nevis), the loss can be attributed to an excessof emigration over immigration, since the balance of birth and death rates would otherwiseindicate population increase. As mentioned previously, no country actually had a populationdecline in the 1990 to 2000 decade. However, Barbados and Dominica showed a much lowerincrease than would be expected from the levels of their birth and death rates, suggesting anexcess of emigration.Population CompositionWomen Only Slightly Outnumber MenWomen outnumbered men in the Region in 1990/1991, with a ratio of 103 women per 100men, and just barely outnumbered men in 2000/2001 with a ratio of 101 women per 100 men(table 1.5). The ratio of women to men in populations is influenced by differences in mortalityand migration patterns between women and men, as well as sex ratios at birth (UnitedNations, 2000a).13
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