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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2002
14 Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2001 2002
2001 2002 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
  1000
Total 84 92 86 78 97 95 91 87
                 
1- 4 weeks 37 37 42 29 35 39 40 32
5-13 weeks 22 24 23 22 28 21 24 24
14-26 weeks 10 11 7 10 13 13 8 11
27-39 weeks 3 4 2 2 3 4 5 3
40-52 weeks 6 9 6 8 9 8 9 9
53 weeks and over 4 6 4 3 6 7 4 7
Unspecified 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 45 41 50 39 38 43 45 37
5-13 weeks 27 27 27 30 29 23 27 28
14-26 weeks 12 12 8 14 14 14 9 13
27-39 weeks 3 4 2 3 3 4 6 3
40-52 weeks 8 10 8 10 9 9 10 11
53 weeks and over 5 6 5 5 7 7 4 8
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 15.3 17.5 13.8 16.3 17.7 17.5 15.8 19.2