LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2008
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2006	2007				2008
	2006	2007	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter
	1000
Total	84	63	60	66	69	63	54	65
1- 4 weeks	22	20	12	19	24	21	16	24
5-13 weeks	21	16	19	18	14	16	14	19
14-26 weeks	11	9	8	11	11	7	7	7
27-39 weeks	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
40-52 weeks	10	8	10	6	8	9	7	5
53 weeks and over	11	5	6	7	4	5	4	6
Unspecified	3	4	3	2	5	3	4	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	28	34	21	30	37	35	32	38
5-13 weeks	26	26	33	28	23	27	28	30
14-26 weeks	14	15	14	17	18	12	14	12
27-39 weeks	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	3
40-52 weeks	13	13	18	10	13	14	13	7
53 weeks and over	14	8	11	11	6	8	9	9
	Weeks
Average duration	26.4	21.0	26.1	21.9	19.4	21.2	21.6	19.3

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