Exploring Economic and Social Reality: Statistics and Their Impact

The collaborative activity, between the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics and the United States Census Bureau, took place on Friday, October 4, 2024, at the Criollo Center for Caribbean Science and Technology (C3Tec). The purpose of the conference was to clarify various sources and statistics available to the public. As part of the mission of both entities, to provide statistical information on the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, two sections were organized aimed at the audience of the government, private sector, academia and researchers, as well as the general public.

The Initiative:

The conference focused on economic and social indicators for the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, covering multiple specific indicators and showing participants the tools or sources to access them. Among the topics presented were the following: Building Permit Survey, Quarterly Workforce Indicators, Community Resilience Estimates, Census Business Builder, Puerto Rico Profile webpage, Migration and Workforce Structure and the Cost of Living Index (COLI). At the end of the conference, the diverse information shared was reviewed and related questions and doubts were addressed, in order to guide participants to explore economic and social aspects of Puerto Rico using the available statistics.

Presentations:

U.S. Census Bureau

• Ana G. Jara Castro, Economic Indicators Building Permit Survey, Quarterly Workforce Indicators; Links to QwiExplorer, Census Visualizations Statemap, Census Visualizations Datatool
• Javier Gómez, Community Resilience Estimates (CRE); Links Community Resilience Estimates for Puerto Rico Viewer
• Clara E. Santiago Bello, Census Business Builder; Links to Census Business Builder (CBB), CBB MAP & Industries
• Marijulie Martínez Lozano, Puerto Rico Census Profile Webpage Link

Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

• Dr. Ronald G. Hernandez Maldonado, Cost of Living Index (COLI)
• Alberto L. Velazquez Estrada, Migratory Flow and Structure of the Puerto Rico Labor Group

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Lecture biographies Poster of the activity

• Presentations
  • Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics: Creation and Mission
  • The Foundations of Public Policy in the Design of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics
  • Experiences and models for the operation of a Statistical System
  • Statistics Coordination: Importance and Experiences
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The Second Symposium on Gender-based Violence Statistics in Puerto Rico:

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute organized the Second Symposium on Gender Violence Statistics, which took place on May 10, 2024. During the Symposium, a space was created to guide citizens on the availability of statistical data on gender-based violence generated by government agencies. These data are crucial to contribute to the analysis, prevention and eradication of gender-based violence in Puerto Rico.

The Initiative:

This event emerged as an essential continuation of providing relevant statistical information on gender-based violence in Puerto Rico. At this event, professionals from multiple disciplines present information aimed at the different manifestations of gender-based violence. This was done with the purpose of continuing efforts to create orientation spaces to accurately measure the problem of gender-based violence in Puerto Rico and its different manifestations from a health perspective. Information exchanges at events like this are of paramount importance as they promote understanding of this topic and the need for coordinated, multisectoral efforts to address this problem.

Presentations:

• Dr. Orville M. Disdier, Effects of violence on the teaching-learning process
• Lcd. Ileana V. Espada Martinez, Public Policies against Gender-based Violence
• Dr. Diego Zavala, Intimate partner violence and the health approach
• Dr. Rebeca Ward and Brenda Guzman, Data, primary prevention tools and action plans
• Captain Aymée Alvarado Cardona and Myribel Santiago Torres, Domestic Violence Among the Police Negotiate
• Mariluz Bezares Salinas, Towards an Accurate Measurement of Femicide in Puerto Rico
• Manuel Mangual, Information updates about PARE
• Lcd. Madeline Bermudez, Gender Violence from the OPM Perspective and Identifying the needs of working women in Puerto Rico.
• Prosecutor Laura Hernández, The Strategic Role of Statistical Data in Combating Domestic Violence
• Dr. Francisco Pesante Gonzalez, Profile of Child Abuse in Puerto Rico
• Dr. Ronald Hernandez and Leyda I. Soto López, Employment and Gender; An Overview of Puerto Rico

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