LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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	2007	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	84	63	83	60	66	69	63	54
1- 4 weeks	22	20	24	12	19	24	21	16
5-13 weeks	21	16	24	19	18	14	16	14
14-26 weeks	11	9	7	8	11	11	7	7
27-39 weeks	4	2	7	2	3	2	2	2
40-52 weeks	10	8	8	10	6	8	9	7
53 weeks and over	11	5	10	6	7	4	5	4
Unspecified	3	4	4	3	2	5	3	4
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	28	34	30	21	30	37	35	32
5-13 weeks	26	26	30	33	28	23	27	28
14-26 weeks	14	15	9	14	17	18	12	14
27-39 weeks	5	4	9	3	4	3	3	4
40-52 weeks	13	13	10	18	10	13	14	13
53 weeks and over	14	8	12	11	11	6	8	9
	Weeks
Average duration	26.4	21.0	23.9	26.1	21.9	19.4	21.2	21.6

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