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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2006
14 Unemployed persons aged 15-741 by duration of job search (LFS)2 3. 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2005 2006
2004 2005 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 1st quarter
                 
  1000
Total 106 111 110 116 117 98 98 95
                 
1- 4 weeks 34 35 30 41 42 28 21 22
5-13 weeks 29 27 29 24 30 25 23 23
14-26 weeks 15 18 19 18 16 16 16 16
27-39 weeks 5 5 6 6 5 3 5 5
40-52 weeks 12 12 14 13 10 11 10 10
53 weeks and over 10 10 8 10 12 11 17 17
Unspecified 2 4 3 4 3 5 - 3
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 32 33 28 37 36 30 23 24
5-13 weeks 27 25 27 22 26 27 25 25
14-26 weeks 15 16 18 16 14 17 17 17
27-39 weeks 5 5 5 5 4 3 6 5
40-52 weeks 11 11 13 11 9 11 11 10
53 weeks and over 9 10 8 9 10 12 18 18
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 21.2 21.7 21.9 21.0 20.7 23.6 30.0 29.6

1 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week. 2 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised, and the figures for 2006 are based on this revised survey. To improve the comparability for the figures between 2nd quarter 2006 and 2nd quarter 2005, figures for 2nd quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes.3 Numbers for 1st quarter 2006 have been corrected 16.10.2006.