LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2009
15	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1 000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2008			2009
	2007	2008	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	63	67	72	66	66	79	89	84
1- 4 weeks	20	25	28	27	20	20	27	27
5-13 weeks	16	18	16	16	22	28	19	23
14-26 weeks	9	9	12	8	9	13	19	9
27-39 weeks	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	8
40-52 weeks	8	6	6	6	7	7	9	8
53 weeks and over	5	4	3	3	3	5	7	6
Unspecified	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	34	39	42	44	32	27	32	33
5-13 weeks	26	28	23	25	35	36	22	29
14-26 weeks	15	15	18	13	14	18	23	11
27-39 weeks	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	10
40-52 weeks	13	9	9	9	11	9	11	10
53 weeks and over	8	6	5	5	6	6	8	8
	Weeks
Average duration	21.0	17.4	16.4	15.7	18.1	18.7	20.3	19.6

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