LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2008 | |
14 | Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent |
Duration of job search | Annual average | 2007 | 2008 | |||||
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2006 | 2007 | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | |
1000 | ||||||||
Total | 84 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 63 | 54 | 65 | 72 |
1- 4 weeks | 22 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 28 |
5-13 weeks | 21 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 16 |
14-26 weeks | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
27-39 weeks | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
40-52 weeks | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
53 weeks and over | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Unspecified | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Per cent | ||||||||
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1- 4 weeks | 28 | 34 | 30 | 37 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 42 |
5-13 weeks | 26 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 23 |
14-26 weeks | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 18 |
27-39 weeks | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
40-52 weeks | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 9 |
53 weeks and over | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
Weeks | ||||||||
Average duration | 26.4 | 21.0 | 21.9 | 19.4 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 16.4 |