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The Institute of Statistics launches questionnaire to evaluate its services

The questionnaire collects information on what the focus and scope of the next Strategic Plan should be.

In order to know the opinion of citizens regarding the performance of the services offered by the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics (Institute), the executive director, Dr. Orville M. Disdier, announced the launch of a questionnaire that, among others, will collect the opinion of citizens on what should be the approach and scope of the Institute's next Strategic Plan, which will last three (3) years.

“The Institute was created to promote changes in the systems for collecting and analyzing the information that is generated so that they are complete, reliable and quickly and universally accessible. Periodically evaluating how the Institute has fulfilled these purposes is essential to continue to transform our institution and improve our services. In addition, we must ensure that our strategic plan is in line with the needs of today's society,” argued Dr. Disdier.

It was reported that the questionnaire is one in electronic format, easy to complete, and that it can be accessed through any computer, tablet or smartphone with Internet services. Among the topics covered by the questionnaire are: frequency of use of services and products, perception of the quality of services, level of trust in products, opinion on potential strengths and weaknesses, assessment of compliance with the mission and vision, and possible changes to the Institute's objectives, among others. Anyone can participate in this survey, including employees and officials of the three (3) branches of government, researchers, academics, teachers, students, parents, and users of information and data in general, inside and outside of Puerto Rico.

The questionnaire entitled “Evaluation of the Services of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute and Update of its Strategic Plan” can be accessed at any time through the following e-mail address: Quality of Service Survey.

For technical questions or for more information about this questionnaire, you can send an email to: preguntas@estadisticas.pr.

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DR. ORVILLE M. DISDIER FLORES

INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Statistics Institute publishes the Creative Industries report 2017

It reveals that the total number of establishments dedicated to Creative Industries was 2,054, the majority (41.7%) belonging to the Arts sector.

San Juan, PR, December 17, 2018 — The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) today released its report of Creative Industries in Puerto Rico 2017, as part of public policy aimed at supporting the development of this sector, in accordance with Law No. 173 of October 13, 2014, also known as the Act to Promote Creative Industries. This law summarizes creative industries into the following groups:

• Design (graphic, industrial, fashion and interiors)
• Arts (music, visual and performing arts and publications)
• Media (application development, video games, online media, digital content and multimedia)
• Creative Services (architecture and creative education)

Here are some of the publication's key findings:

1. The total number of establishments dedicated to Creative Industries totaled 2,054. With 41.7% of the establishments, the Arts sector had the largest number of Creative Industries. Within this sector, the specific industries of Computer Systems Design were the one with the highest number with 195 establishments (10.2%).
2. The largest number of establishments (59.3%) was characterized by being in the category of 1 to 4 employees.
3. In terms of the number of employees per Creative Industry, the Media sector accounted for 46% (8,454) of the people employed in Creative Industries.
4. The largest number of employees is in the Computer Systems Design industry with 2,154 employees.
5. The Creative Industries were numerically dominated by the male population. The number of male population totaled 34,542 (63%) people, while the employed female population was estimated at 20,323 (37%) people.
6. The average annual wage for all industries was $28,680, the median was $23,650 and the minimum was $6,492.
7. The highest average annual wage was for the Software Publishing-related industry at $118,200.
8. The highest average annual salary, by occupation, was System Software Developers with $62.120.

Francisco Pesante González, author of the report, stated that “despite the fact that Puerto Rico has been in recession for more than 10 years, and has had to face the effects of hurricanes Irma and María, the 2017 indicators reveal consistent growth in exports from creative industries.”

For his part, Dr. Orville M. Disdier, Acting Executive Director, said: “With this third report prepared and published by the Institute of Statistics, we reiterate our commitment to join forces with the Institute of Culture and the Trade and Export Company, aimed at continuing the promotion and support of Creative Industries in Puerto Rico.”

To access the full report you can visit: Creative industries.

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. The Institute has in its inventory, accessible through www.estadisticas.pr.gov, over 300 statistical products. In addition, it is a custodian and provides access to over 100 data sets or “data sets” through www.data.pr.gov and to over 40 tables and more than 6 thousand indicators through: www.indicadores.pr.

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