LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2008
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1 000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2007			2008
	2006	2007	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1 000
Total	84	63	69	63	54	65	72	66
1- 4 weeks	22	20	24	21	16	24	28	27
5-13 weeks	21	16	14	16	14	19	16	16
14-26 weeks	11	9	11	7	7	7	12	8
27-39 weeks	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
40-52 weeks	10	8	8	9	7	5	6	6
53 weeks and over	11	5	4	5	4	6	3	3
Unspecified	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	4
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	28	34	37	35	32	38	42	44
5-13 weeks	26	26	23	27	28	30	23	25
14-26 weeks	14	15	18	12	14	12	18	13
27-39 weeks	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	4
40-52 weeks	13	13	13	14	13	7	9	9
53 weeks and over	14	8	6	8	9	9	5	5
	Weeks
Average duration	26.4	21.0	19.4	21.2	21.6	19.3	16.4	15.7

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