Caribbean Labour Statistics
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Number of work permits issued by sex and occupation, Barbados
Both sexes
Occupation 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Legislative, senior officials and managers   339 242 218 191 186 176 161 157
Professionals   639 575 637 516 465 392 354 353
Technicians and associate professionals   233 203 244 192 320 300 314 424
Clerks   16 9 4 3 6 0 0 13
Service workers, shop and market sales work.   60 52 57 86 36 54 79 118
Skilled agricultural and fisheries workers   2 1 29 2 2 8 0 1
Craft and related workers   134 70 81 55 52 31 17 128
Plant and machine operators   24 20 9 22 10 49 9 13
Elementary occupations   74 65 0 22 54 3 9 617
Workers not elsewhere classified   0 0 1 0 33 0 0 42
Total   1,521 1,237 1,280 1,089 1,154 1,033 943 1,867

Source: Ministry of Labour, Dev. & Sport, Barbados, various years

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