1. CARIBBEAN OBSERVATORIES MEETING BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS 14 – 16 JUNE 2005

2. PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES DRUG SURVEY GRENADA 2004

3. OBJECTIVE A‘ Public Service Employee Drug Survey’ was conducted to establish a database necessary to determine the prevalence and incidence of drug use among public service employees in the state of Grenada.

4. METHODOLOGY A census of all employees of the PUBLIC SERVICE was pursued. Statutory Bodies and Agencies were excluded.

5. Coordination Supervision Staff of the Ministry of Finance, Statistical Department Staff of the Drug Control Secretariat

6. DATA COLLECTION CHALLENGES Collecting data from employees who are field officers Employees who were on sick leave or vacation Employees who were late for work Employees who were reluctant to give drug related data Information was not given about the survey Some supervisors were not interested in the survey so employees were not motivated Various departments scattered in several locations

7. DATA ENTRY Data entry personnel were trained Double entry Excel

8. PRELIMINARY RESULTS

9. POPULATION COMPOSITION SEXFrequency Male552 Female1117 Not stated173 TOTAL1842

10. AGE/GENDER RELATION AGEMale (%)Female (%)Total (%) Less than 20 years 24.328.632.8 21 to 30 years27.229.226.2 31 to 40 years25.522.221.5 41 to 50 years17.815.815.3 51 + years5.24.2 TOTAL100.0

11. POSITION AT THE WORKPLACE BY GENDER POSITION AT THE WORKPLACE Male (%)Female (%)TOTAL Executive2.42.850 Management13.27.4176 Professional58.264.11120 Service worker/sales 11.212.1222 Unskilled0.91.119 Skilled tradesman 3.82.658 Not stated10.39.9196

12. LEVEL OF EDUCATION BY GENDER LEVEL OF EDUCATION Male (%)Female (%)Frequency Incomplete primary 1.10.715 Complete primary 2.43.870 Incomplete secondary 2.91.539 Complete secondary 21.221.4388 Incomplete vocational/technical 3.10.731 Complete vocational/technical 12.911.1212 Incomplete higher 11.810.6201 Complete higher 36.238.7684 Not stated 8.511.5202 TOTAL 100 1842

13. POLICY ON DRUGS AT THE WORKPLACE POLICYFrequency Yes588 No466 Don’t know670 Not stated118 TOTAL1842

14. LIFETIME PREVALENCE TOBACCO SMOKEDFREQUENCY YES497 NO1309 NOT STATED39 TOTAL1842

15. LIFETIME PREVALENCE ALCOHOL DRANK ALCOHOL FREQUENCY YES1400 NO305 NOT STATED137 TOTAL1842

16. QUESTIONS

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