Statistics Norway
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2001
14 Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2000 2001
2000 2001 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
  1000
Total 81 84 82 71 87 84 86 78
                 
1- 4 weeks 36 37 38 27 35 41 42 29
5-13 weeks 21 22 22 19 25 18 23 22
14-26 weeks 10 10 7 11 11 11 7 10
27-39 weeks 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 2
40-52 weeks 5 6 4 6 6 5 6 8
53 weeks and over 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 3
Unspecified 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 2
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 45 45 48 38 41 49 50 39
5-13 weeks 26 27 28 27 29 22 27 30
14-26 weeks 13 12 8 16 13 13 8 14
27-39 weeks 4 3 5 5 4 3 2 3
40-52 weeks 7 8 5 8 7 6 8 10
53 weeks and over 5 5 6 6 6 7 5 5
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 15.0 15.3 14.2 16.7 15.8 15.5 13.8 16.3