LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2004
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2002	2003				2004
	2002	2003	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter
	1000
Total	92	107	87	105	111	112	98	107
1- 4 weeks	37	37	32	36	41	41	29	35
5-13 weeks	24	29	24	34	27	29	24	32
14-26 weeks	11	18	11	15	21	15	21	16
27-39 weeks	4	5	3	3	4	7	4	6
40-52 weeks	9	10	9	8	9	12	12	11
53 weeks and over	6	7	7	6	7	6	7	6
Unspecified	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	41	35	37	35	37	37	30	33
5-13 weeks	27	27	28	33	25	27	25	31
14-26 weeks	12	17	13	15	19	13	21	15
27-39 weeks	4	4	3	3	4	6	5	5
40-52 weeks	10	10	11	8	8	11	13	10
53 weeks and over	6	6	8	6	7	6	7	6
	Weeks
Average duration	17.5	18.5	19.2	17.3	18.0	18.0	20.9	18.0

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