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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd 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 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                 
  1000
Total 81 84 84 86 78 97 95 91
                 
1- 4 weeks 36 37 41 42 29 35 39 40
5-13 weeks 21 22 18 23 22 28 21 24
14-26 weeks 10 10 11 7 10 13 13 8
27-39 weeks 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 5
40-52 weeks 5 6 5 6 8 9 8 9
53 weeks and over 4 4 5 4 3 6 7 4
Unspecified 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 45 45 49 50 39 38 43 45
5-13 weeks 26 27 22 27 30 29 23 27
14-26 weeks 13 12 13 8 14 14 14 9
27-39 weeks 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 6
40-52 weeks 7 8 6 8 10 9 9 10
53 weeks and over 5 5 7 5 5 7 7 4
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 15.0 15.3 15.5 13.8 16.3 17.7 17.5 15.8