LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2009
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2008				2009
	2007	2008	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter
	1000
Total	63	67	65	72	66	66	79	89
1- 4 weeks	20	25	24	28	27	20	20	27
5-13 weeks	16	18	19	16	16	22	28	19
14-26 weeks	9	9	7	12	8	9	13	19
27-39 weeks	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
40-52 weeks	8	6	5	6	6	7	7	9
53 weeks and over	5	4	6	3	3	3	5	7
Unspecified	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	34	39	38	42	44	32	27	32
5-13 weeks	26	28	30	23	25	35	36	22
14-26 weeks	15	15	12	18	13	14	18	22
27-39 weeks	4	3	3	3	4	2	4	4
40-52 weeks	13	9	7	9	9	11	9	11
53 weeks and over	8	6	9	5	5	6	6	8
	Weeks
Average duration	21.0	17.4	19.3	16.4	15.7	18.1	18.7	20.2

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