LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2007
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1 000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average	2006				2007
	2006	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter
	1 000
Total	84	95	98	83	60	66
1- 4 weeks	22	22	32	24	12	19
5-13 weeks	21	23	18	24	19	18
14-26 weeks	11	16	15	7	8	11
27-39 weeks	4	5	4	7	2	3
40-52 weeks	10	10	13	8	10	6
53 weeks and over	11	17	13	10	6	7
Unspecified	3	3	4	4	3	2
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	28	24	34	30	21	30
5-13 weeks	26	25	19	30	33	28
14-26 weeks	14	17	16	9	14	17
27-39 weeks	5	5	4	9	3	4
40-52 weeks	13	10	14	10	18	10
53 weeks and over	14	18	13	12	11	11
	Weeks
Average duration	26.4	29.6	25.6	23.9	26.1	21.9

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