Caribbean Labour Statistics
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Employed persons by sex and occupation,
Guyana
Both sexes
Occupation 1997* 1992
Professional, technical & rel. workers 20,690
Administrative & managerial 5,940
Clerical 13,400
Sales & service workers 23,810
Legislators, senior officials & managers 13,163
Professionals 5,048
Technicians & associate professionals 13,777
Clerks 11,150
Service workers & shop sales workers 24,528
Agricultural, forestry, fishery & related workers 41,734 36,890
Equipment, oper., assemb., & prod. related work. 53,540
Craft & related workers 33,897
Plant & machine operators & assemblers 17,451
Elementary occupations 61,706 82,960
Defence force 1,647
Not stated, other 15,746 8,270
Total 239,847 245,500
   
Male
Occupation 1997* 1992
Professional, technical & rel. workers 9,040
Administrative & managerial 4,260
Clerical 4,700
Sales & service workers 14,890
Legislators, senior officials & managers 8,817
Professionals 2,679
Technicians & associate professionals 5,343
Clerks 4,031
Service workers & shop sales workers 13,020
Agricultural, forestry, fishery & related workers 36,365 27,620
Equipment, oper., assemb., & prod. related work. 46,170
Craft & related workers 28,194
Plant & machine operators & assemblers 16,019
Elementary occupations 37,895 56,340
Defence force 1,230
Not stated, other 6,696 4,760
Total 160,289 167,780
   
Female
Occupation 1997* 1992
Professional, technical & rel. workers 11,650
Administrative & managerial 1,680
Clerical 8,700
Sales & service workers 8,920
Legislators, senior officials & managers 4,346
Professionals 2,369
Technicians & associate professionals 8,434
Clerks 7,119
Service workers & shop sales workers 11,508
Agricultural, forestry, fishery & related workers 5,369 9,270
Equipment, oper., assemb., & prod. related work. 7,370
Craft & related workers 5,703
Plant & machine operators & assemblers 1,432
Elementary occupations 23,811 26,630
Defence force 417 3,510
Not stated, other 9,050 3,510
Total 79,558 77,710

* Categories adjusted since 1992 survey
Source: 1992 Household Income and Expenditure Survey, Bureau of Statistics, Guyana

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