Some variables are easier to measure than others, but certain questions require special care, both in how they are formulated and in the instruments are used to collect them. One of the most complex is without a doubt, that related to people's ethnic and cultural origin, and also the skin color. In the most recent newsletter of the Puerto Rico State Data Center (SDC-PR) network brief notes are shared about the research on ethnic-racial identification and colorism that has been carried out from the Institute's. Access the current newsletter here, or explore previous newsletters and press releases from the SDC-PR network.
The executive director of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute), Dr. Orville M. Disdier, announced the availability of a new section of some economic indicators on its website, presented through interactive graphics.
“Fulfilling our mission of providing citizens with universal and rapid access to statistics, we created this section that will serve as a reference for government and private enterprise, in economic terms. In the same way, as the section is nourished with new data, it could eventually help outline plans for economic recovery due to COVID-19,” said Disdier.
The section currently has interactive graphics covering the period from March 2017 to May 2020, which will be updated as the Institute receives information from the agencies or entities concerned. The first of them, Puerto Rico Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PRM-PMI), is an indicator that measures the short-term productive side of Puerto Rico's economy, specifically manufacturing, and includes employment indicators, supplier deliveries, inventories, new orders and production.
In the graph, Production and Consumption of Electric Energy in Puerto Rico, information can be obtained from indicators, such as active customers, net generation in millions of kilowatt-hours (mKWh), total consumption (mKWh), cost per kWh purchased, and total income, among others.
Users of the page will also be able to access the graph, Total Non-Agricultural Wage Employment, adjusted and without seasonal adjustment.
In the fourth graph that the section currently has, you can obtain data on the number of initial Unemployment Insurance claims, which they receive at the Department of Labor and Human Resources in Puerto Rico.
The new economic indicators section can be found at www.estadisticas.pr.gov and can be accessed directly at the following Internet address: https://cutt.ly/2uv06YI.
“We call on agencies and the private sector that work with updated data or statistics that impact the Puerto Rico economy, both agriculture, international trade, and goods and services industries (manufacturing, tourism, construction, finance, consumption, among others), to contact us so that we can continue to add economy-related indicators that serve as a reference for decision-making for the well-being of Puerto Rico,” said Ana Gabriela Jara Castro, Manager of Statistical Projects.
About the Institute of Statistics
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity responsible for coordinating the Government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and have quick and universal access.
For more information you can visit the website www.estadisticas.pr.gov or surveys on the social networks of Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR) and LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico).
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Statistics Institute and Instituto Nueva Escuela manage to include Montessori schools and questions about the impact of Hurricane Maria in an important school survey
The 2019 edition of the YRBSS for Puerto Rico included students from Montessori schools for the first time and asked about the effects of the hurricane on these students
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute joined forces with the Instituto Nueva Escuela, achieving for the first time that Montessori schools are included in the 2019 edition of the survey Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YBSS). The YRBSS is a survey conducted every two years to students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 across the United States and its jurisdictions, including Puerto Rico. The questions cover various topics related to students' health and risk behaviors, and as a result, statistics are produced on bullying, electronic harassment, violent behavior, sexual behavior, drug use and on students' eating habits, among others.
In addition, it was possible to include five additional questions, related to the impact of Hurricane Maria on students, from all the schools participating in the study in Puerto Rico. Approximately 1,498 students from public schools in Puerto Rico participated in the self-administered survey, and of these, a total of 110 students belonged to Montessori schools, of which 53% were male, 47% female, and 27.2%, 54.5%, 16.0% and 2.3% were in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12, respectively. Although it is expected that by the end of this year the Institute of Statistics and the Instituto Nueva Escuela will produce an official and detailed statistical report on the results of this survey, here are some preliminary results regarding hurricane questions in students under the Montessori philosophy:
“These preliminary results show us the enormous impact that the passage of Hurricane Maria had on these Montessori school students. In previous editions, these students, under the Montessori philosophy, were left out of this important survey. However, thanks to the teamwork of both institutes, we have been able to make them visible,” said Dr. Orville M. Disdier, executive director of the Institute of Statistics.
For their part, Dr. Ana María García Blanco, executive director of the Instituto Nueva Escuela, and Mr. Cesar Ostolaza of the Evaluation and Research Division said: “We are very happy with the invitation from Dr. Orville M. Disdier to participate in this study. It is important to have reliable data in the face when making decisions about the practices and services we will provide to our students. Their voices are essential in defining the public policies for which we are choosing. It is imperative to take into account the emotional state of young people, especially based on the natural and social phenomena they have been through when it comes to “building” a school. It is with them and from them that we must build it.”
The Instituto Nueva Escuela is a non-profit entity that seeks to transform the public education system in Puerto Rico through Montessori philosophy and methodology. For its part, the Statistics Institute of Puerto Rico is a governmental entity with fiscal and administrative autonomy with the mission of coordinating the statistical production service of government entities. To learn more about the Instituto Nueva Escuela you can access the website: www.inepr.com. To learn more about the Institute of Statistics, you can access the website: www.estadisticas.pr.gov. On social media through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR) and LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) accounts.
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Contacts: Idia M. Martínez, R‐28, 787‐603‐3200, and Lourdes Burgos, R‐27, 787‐562‐2932
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) has a new president of its Board of Directors. The Board elected the economist and former university professor, Nicolás Muñoz, as president after the resignation on April 3 of Arnaldo Cruz, who had been president for the past three years. Muñoz, who served as vice-president of the Institute's Board, has a master's degree in economics from the University of Puerto Rico and is president of Tactical Planners, Inc., a firm dedicated to economic consulting and strategic planning. Muñoz has held other ad honorem positions in the government of Puerto Rico, including a member of the Governor's Council of Economists, president of the Workforce Investment Board (WIA), a member of the Governor's Committee for the review of the minimum wage in Puerto Rico and a member of the Employment Opportunity Promotion Board of the Department of Labor.
Board members do not earn compensation for their services. The Board is composed, in addition to Muñoz, of Dr. Idania Rodríguez Ayuso, vice-president, Mrs. Carola Ballester Descartes, secretary, Mr. Vicente Feliciano Pérez and the Hon. Manuel Laboy. This Board of Directors, as established in Act 209 of August 28, 2003, is the governing body that establishes the administrative policy of the institute, which is led by Dr. Orville M. Disdier.
Dr. Idania Rodríguez Ayuso has a master's degree in Epidemiology from the University of Puerto Rico and a doctorate in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from Walden University. Rodríguez is also an independent consultant in epidemiology, statistics and research and a professor at Ana G. Méndez University. Mrs. Carola Ballester Descartes has a master's degree in Planning from the University of Puerto Rico, where she is also a professor and associate dean of the School of Architecture, and a master's degree in Landscape Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.
On the other hand, Mr. Vicente Feliciano Pérez has a bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA, IMD Business School in Switzerland. Feliciano is also founder and president of Advantage Business Consulting. The Hon. Manuel Laboy Rivera, who represents the government official in the Board as established by law, has a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico and a master's degree from the University of Turabo. Laboy is the secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce and executive director of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company.
As reported, the new members of the Board will concentrate their work on implementing the institute's Strategic Plan, which includes several goals, including: Develop an administrative structure that allows the proper functioning of internal processes, restructuring the statistical coordination committee so that it operates effectively and increases compliance with the law that governs the institute and establishes its mission, and improving the budget or capital by diversifying the institute's services and projects to obtain external income or funds non-governmental.
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity tasked with coordinating the government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and accessible quickly and universally.
To learn more about the Institute of Statistics, you can access the website: www.estadisticas.pr.gov. On social media through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR) and LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) accounts.
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Contact: Idia M. Martínez, R‐28 787‐603‐3200
San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 21, 2020 — The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) and the Puerto Rico Cities League, represented by their respective executive directors, Dr. Orville M. Disdier and planner Cristina M. Miranda Palacios, signed a collaboration agreement to share efforts and resources, in order to increase the knowledge and understanding of municipal employees about statistical methodologies, and the use and management of data.
The League of Cities is a non-profit entity that unites local governments in a non-partisan effort to improve the quality of life of the Puerto Rican people. Through this alliance, both entities will share information and resources. The League will collaborate by allowing access to the Institute to official, reliable and quality statistics and information about municipalities. For its part, the Institute will provide expert advice in the analysis of municipal data, particularly with the objective of developing metrics that allow comparing and generating indicators of socio-economic development, health and quality of life of its inhabitants.
“Part of the Institute's vision is to ensure that Puerto Rico has complete, reliable statistics that are quickly and universally accessible. This includes making these statistics available to government agencies themselves as part of their analysis and decision-making process, and for the benefit of cities,” said Dr. Disdier.
“Data is vital information in municipal management. They are useful for explaining the past, understanding the present and making future decisions that benefit the people who are the reason for the existence of municipalities. The League is the result of a meeting of wills, from which a non-profit, non-political partisan entity was born, focused on advancing the municipal agenda, which is the agenda of the people. This collaborative agreement with the Institute of Statistics is another step in that mission. It strengthens the path that we have started together, the municipalities and entities of the executive branch towards a better quality of life for Puerto Ricans,” said Miranda.
Some of the data that the Institute will be able to provide to the League are statistics on COVID-19, economic activity and demographic aspects in municipalities, as well as statistics produced by the US Census Bureau, among others. In addition, based on available resources, the Institute will provide training to municipal employees so that they can make better use of data and statistics.
The agreement, which will be in effect until June 2022, is an example of the initiatives that can be developed between governmental and non-governmental sectors for the benefit of Puerto Rico.
About the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity tasked with coordinating the government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and accessible quickly and universally. In addition, as the leading entity of the SDC in Puerto Rico, the Institute manages the SDC portal, which contains the main statistical reports and publications of the U.S. Census Bureau about Puerto Rico, specifically those that are most in demand, such as annual population estimates, the Puerto Rico Community Survey (Puerto Rico Community Survey) and official statistics on Puerto Rico's 10-year population and housing censuses, among others. The Puerto Rico SDC portal can be accessed through: https://censo.estadisticas.pr/.
For more information you can visit the website: https://estadisticas.pr.gov/. In addition, you can follow the Institute on social networks, through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR) and LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) accounts.
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Press Contact:
Idia Martínez
787-603-3200
imartinez@upfrontpr.net
The section includes sources from Puerto Rico and other jurisdictions around the world
San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 11, 2020 — The website of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) has a new section where you can access data and information related to the impact of COVID-19 in Puerto Rico and other jurisdictions around the world. As reported by the executive director, Dr. Orville M. Disdier, the objective is to provide access to the information that various organizations have been producing on this subject from a single electronic portal.
At the moment, the section has information on topics such as tests, positive and negative cases, mortality, demographic and socioeconomic data, surveillance and response, among others. It is contained in links that direct the user to information or data portals of institutions such as the Puerto Rico Department of Health, Red Cross, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Department of State, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Center for Disease Control and Prevention and several private entities.
Disdier clarified that the content of the section, which can be found on the page www.estadisticas.pr.gov, in the COVID-19 section and under the name COVID-19 Resources, is solely for reference and research on this topic and has not necessarily been reviewed or evaluated by the Institute, so they cannot guarantee that all information is complete or reliable. The section will be reviewed periodically to add new sources.
About the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity tasked with coordinating the government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and accessible quickly and universally. In addition, as the leading entity of the SDC in Puerto Rico, the Institute manages the SDC portal, which contains the main statistical reports and publications of the U.S. Census Bureau about Puerto Rico, specifically those that are most in demand, such as annual population estimates, the Puerto Rico Community Survey (Puerto Rico Community Survey) and official statistics on Puerto Rico's 10-year population and housing censuses, among others. The Puerto Rico SDC portal can be accessed through: https://censo.estadisticas.pr/.
For more information you can visit the website: https://estadisticas.pr.gov/. In addition, you can follow the Institute on social networks, through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR) and LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) accounts.
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Press Contact:
Idia Martínez
787-603-3200
imartinez@upfrontpr.net
The purpose of this survey is to collect data on aspects related to COVID-19 in businesses in Puerto Rico. Having frequent and updated data will allow businesses to take all necessary steps to maintain services securely, effectively and efficiently.
This survey is encouraged to be completed twice a week, preferably on Mondays and Fridays before 3:00 p.m. The survey consists of a total of 20 questions and takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes to complete. It is recommended that this survey be completed by administrative or management staff.
You can access this survey at: Survey - COVID 19 - Business
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