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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2002
14 Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2001 2002
2000 2001 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter
                 
  1000
Total 81 84 87 84 86 78 97 95
                 
1- 4 weeks 36 37 35 41 42 29 35 39
5-13 weeks 21 22 25 18 23 22 28 21
14-26 weeks 10 10 11 11 7 10 13 13
27-39 weeks 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 4
40-52 weeks 5 6 6 5 6 8 9 8
53 weeks and over 4 4 5 5 4 3 6 7
Unspecified 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 3
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 45 45 41 49 50 39 38 43
5-13 weeks 26 27 29 22 27 30 29 23
14-26 weeks 13 12 13 13 8 14 14 14
27-39 weeks 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 4
40-52 weeks 7 8 7 6 8 10 9 9
53 weeks and over 5 5 6 7 5 5 7 7
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 15.0 15.3 15.8 15.5 13.8 16.3 17.7 17.5