LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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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2007 | 2008 | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | |
1000 | ||||||||
Total | 63 | 67 | 63 | 54 | 65 | 72 | 66 | 66 |
1- 4 weeks | 20 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 20 |
5-13 weeks | 16 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 22 |
14-26 weeks | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
27-39 weeks | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
40-52 weeks | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
53 weeks and over | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unspecified | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Per cent | ||||||||
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1- 4 weeks | 34 | 39 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 32 |
5-13 weeks | 26 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 23 | 25 | 35 |
14-26 weeks | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 14 |
27-39 weeks | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
40-52 weeks | 13 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
53 weeks and over | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Weeks | ||||||||
Average duration | 21.0 | 17.4 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 18.1 |