Transcript Public Service Employees Drug Survey

CARIBBEAN
OBSERVATORIES MEETING
BRIDGETOWN
BARBADOS
14 – 16 JUNE
2005
PUBLIC SERVICE
EMPLOYEES
DRUG SURVEY
GRENADA
2004
OBJECTIVE
A ‘Public Service Employee Drug Survey’ was
conducted to establish a database necessary to
determine the prevalence and incidence of drug
use among public service employees in the
state of Grenada.
METHODOLOGY
A census of all employees of the
PUBLIC SERVICE
was pursued.
Statutory Bodies and Agencies were excluded.
Coordination
Supervision
Staff of the Ministry of Finance,
Statistical Department
Staff of the Drug Control Secretariat
DATA COLLECTION
CHALLENGES
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Collecting data from employees who are field officers
Employees who were on sick leave or vacation
Employees who were late for work
Employees who were reluctant to give drug related data
Information was not given about the survey
Some supervisors were not interested in the survey so
employees were not motivated
• Various departments scattered in several locations
DATA ENTRY
• Data entry personnel were trained
• Double entry
• Excel
PRELIMINARY
RESULTS
POPULATION COMPOSITION
SEX
Frequency
Male
552
Female
1117
Not stated
173
TOTAL
1842
AGE/GENDER RELATION
AGE
Male (%)
Female (%)
Total (%)
Less than 20
years
24.3
28.6
32.8
21 to 30 years
27.2
29.2
26.2
31 to 40 years
25.5
22.2
21.5
41 to 50 years
17.8
15.8
15.3
51 + years
5.2
4.2
4.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
TOTAL
POSITION AT THE WORKPLACE BY GENDER
POSITION
AT THE
WORKPLACE
Male (%)
Female (%)
TOTAL
Executive
2.4
2.8
50
Management
13.2
7.4
176
Professional
58.2
64.1
1120
Service
worker/sales
11.2
12.1
222
Unskilled
0.9
1.1
19
Skilled
tradesman
3.8
2.6
58
Not stated
10.3
9.9
196
LEVEL OF EDUCATION BY GENDER
LEVEL OF
EDUCATION
Male (%)
Female (%)
Frequency
Incomplete primary
1.1
0.7
15
Complete primary
2.4
3.8
70
Incomplete
secondary
2.9
1.5
39
Complete
secondary
21.2
21.4
388
Incomplete
vocational/technical
3.1
0.7
31
Complete
vocational/technical
12.9
11.1
212
Incomplete higher
11.8
10.6
201
Complete higher
36.2
38.7
684
Not stated
8.5
11.5
202
TOTAL
100
100
1842
POLICY ON DRUGS AT THE WORKPLACE
POLICY
Frequency
Yes
588
No
466
Don’t know
670
Not stated
118
TOTAL
1842
LIFETIME PREVALENCE
TOBACCO
SMOKED
FREQUENCY
YES
497
NO
1309
NOT STATED
39
TOTAL
1842
LIFETIME PREVALENCE
ALCOHOL
DRANK
ALCOHOL
FREQUENCY
YES
1400
NO
305
NOT STATED
137
TOTAL
1842
QUESTIONS
THANK
YOU