They request collaboration to complete a survey on parenting experiences

ESCAPE and the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute join efforts to develop the First Survey on the Parenting Experience in Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico — February 27, 2025. ESCAPE, Center for Family Strengthening, in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute), are developing the Survey on the Parenting Experience in Puerto Rico. This initiative seeks to gather valuable information about the experiences of mothers, fathers and guardians (people who are responsible for the upbringing of children) with the objective of strengthening efforts for the prevention of child abuse and developing more effective programs to serve families according to their needs

The executive director of ESCAPE, Yadira Pizarro Quiles, requested citizen collaboration by completing and sharing a survey and highlighted the importance of this tool for designing more precise, relevant and relevant intervention strategies. “Every family in Puerto Rico faces unique challenges, and with this survey we will be able to better understand their realities. The data collected will allow us to evaluate existing programs and develop more effective initiatives to support parents and caregivers in parenting, thus strengthening efforts to prevent child abuse,” said Pizarro.

Participation in the Puerto Rico Parenting Experience Survey is completely voluntary and is intended for those who are responsible for raising one or more children under 18 years of age in Puerto Rico. The questionnaire, which lasts approximately 20 to 30 minutes, guarantees the confidentiality of the answers, which will be anonymous and securely stored by the Institute.

The questionnaire is structured in seven sections: Sociodemographic data of the child, Experiences and Expectations, Discipline and Communication, Technology and Quality Time, Support Needs and Future, Socio-Demographic Data on the Respondent and a Closure and Feedback.

The executive director of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Dr. Orville M. Disdier, highlighted the value of data and statistics in the formulation of prevention strategies. “Access to up-to-date and reliable information is key to making informed decisions. With this survey, we will be able to generate data that will not only help us better understand the dynamics of parenting in Puerto Rico, but also serve as a basis for the creation of public policies that reinforce the protection and well-being of children. That's why it's important to have the support of all sectors helping to share and complete this survey,” he said.

The survey can be accessed at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/crianzamenores

To coordinate collaborative efforts, you can contact Mrs. Lourdes Burgos at 787-562-2932.

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Contact: Lourdes Burgos, R-27 - Cell. 787-562-2932

About ESCAPE:

ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center, was the first non-profit organization created on the Island (1983) with the mission of preventing child abuse. The organization is dedicated to supporting and educating families, parents and the community in general about healthy and positive ways to relate, communicate and above all to raise, care for and protect children and adolescents from violence and abuse.

About the Puerto Rico 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.

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Statistics Institute publishes fourth edition of the Creative Industries Report

The Report for the year 2018 reflects the decline in several indicators

San Juan, PR, January 12, 2021 — During the calendar year 2018, the number of people employed in Creative Industries was estimated at 22,172, with the media sector employing the most people, accounting for 47.5% of these. Overall, this meant a decrease of 1,217 jobs compared to 2017. This was revealed in the Creative Industries Report 2018, published by the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, and which presents social, economic and labor indicators for the development of creative industries in Puerto Rico. The sources used for this report correspond to the data sets of the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Department of Education - National Center for Education Statistics And the U.S. Customs. Here are some of the most relevant findings:

1. The number of post-secondary graduates in areas related to the creative industries was 2,453 students (2,329 in 2017).
2. The microenterprise category characterizes 68% of creative industries because they are mostly companies that employed between 1 and 4 employees.
3. The number of establishments ranged from 1,731 to 1,943 (between 1,908 and 2,054 for 2017). The sector dedicated to the arts was the largest with 632 establishments.
4. In the distribution by sex, men occupied 63% of jobs.
5. Wages by industry fluctuated between $5,123 (theater companies) and $120,732 (software publishing).
6. Average salaries per occupation ranged from $17,780 for movie ushers to an average of $60,750 for software developers.
7. At the time of the study, Puerto Rico had a rate of 6.1 establishments dedicated to creative industries per 10,000 inhabitants (6.4 in 2017).
8. The trade balance of cultural industry activity was negative when imports exceeded exports by $189,475,346 (the negative balance in 2017 was $167,454,125).

“The creative industries were mostly comprised of companies that employed between 1 and 4 employees. The decline experienced in several of the indicators, such as the number of establishments and people employed in creative industries, may respond to the passage of Hurricane Maria through Puerto Rico in September 2017 and its effects on infrastructure, electrical energy and telecommunications services, whose consequences lasted for several months following the event. These circumstances greatly affected the most vulnerable commercial and industrial sectors,” said Francisco Pesante, Assistant for Statistical Projects at the Institute and author of the report.

See more details and information about the Creative Industries Report, as well as previous publications, in the Publications section of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics: Publications.

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 our website: www.estadisticas.pr.gov. In addition, you can follow us on social networks through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR) and LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) accounts.

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