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Ongoing Surveys

Guyana Labour Force Survey (GLFS)

The Bureau of Statistics received financial support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), technical support from Sistemas Integrales Ltd and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to make this survey a reality, since prior to July 2017, there has not been such a survey in Guyana.

Visitors Exit Motivation Survey (VEMS)

The main objective of the survey is to provide timely information on Guyana’s tourism product. Such information would help the major participants in the tourism sector to better plan its development. In addition, the Bureau of Statistics would use this survey to construct a time series data base on important tourism variables.

Previous Surveys

Guyana Women Health and Life Experience Survey (GWHLES)

GWHLES 2018

The Guyana Women’s Health and Life Experiences survey was a collaborative project between the Government of Guyana, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

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The impetus for this collaboration came from a decision of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development in 2014 to pilot a CARICOM model of national prevalence surveys on Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG). The Council further advised that the long-tested global model for population-based studies (pioneered by WHO) should be adapted for the Caribbean context. Hence, this survey forms part of the composite pilot for the national prevalence study on VAWG in the Caribbean. The survey was conducted by the Bureau of Statistics, the University of Guyana and the Global Women’s Institute of the George Washington University with direct technical support from the UN Women Multi-Country Office – Caribbean. This survey was based on an analysis of the quantitative survey data and incorporating the qualitative study results, examines the nature and prevalence of violence against women and girls in Guyana (particularly intimate-partner violence).

Household Budget Survey (HBS)

HBS 2018

The Bureau of Statistics (BoS) conducted a Household Budget and Living Condition Survey in all Ten (10) Administrative regions of Guyana. This is a comprehensive survey which combines the collection of household income and expenditure, with the living conditions of households.

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The survey commenced in November 2018, and was done on a quarterly basis. The field work for the last quarter was completed in November 2019. The survey has two (2) main objectives:
  • To collect information from the country’s households and families on their buying habits (expenditures), income and other characteristics;
  • To revise the list of goods and services in the household’s consumption “basket”, and consequently the weighting patterns of the CPI (Consumer Price Index)

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)

MICS6 (2014-2019)

The Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), conducted a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS5) in  2014, (MICS6) in  2019. This was conducted countrywide, covering households in both urban and rural areas. The sample size of the survey was 8,700 household distributed across the country. The questionnaires collected information on households, women and men age (15-49) years, children under the age of 5 and children 5-17 years.