ESO Conducts Field Work to Update the Household Register

Staff from the Economics and Statistics Office will be in various communities across all districts starting Saturday, August 3, 2024, collecting basic housing information necessary to update the ESO’s Household Register.

The Household Register, a comprehensive list of all household addresses in the Cayman Islands, plays a crucial role in our daily lives. It serves as the sampling frame for selecting Labour Force Surveys. These surveys are not just data collection exercises, but they inform policies that directly impact our community’s future. The public’s participation in updating this register directly contributes to these important surveys.

The Household Register is usually updated before the Labour Force Survey regularly. Trained ESO enumerators will update a full household register in all five Grand Cayman and Sister Islands districts. This involves visiting every building in each enumeration area, including proposed or newly constructed dwellings, based on building permit information from the Planning Department. They may then verify the information with the residents of each household.

ESO staff members, identifiable by their ESO IDs and shirts, will update the Household Register with your household’s help. Your household’s role in this process is crucial. The ESO advises that community members should always ask the field workers to present their IDs before providing any information. Further information about this exercise can be obtained by calling the hotline at +1(345)-516-3329 to verify enumerators or express any concerns they may have, ensuring active participation in this process, or visiting the ESO’s website (www.eso.ky )