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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2006
14 Unemployed persons aged 15-741 by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2005 20062 3
2004 2005 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 3rd quarter
Old New
                 
  1000
Total 106 111 117 98 95 98 82 83
                 
1- 4 weeks 34 35 42 28 22 32 23 24
5-13 weeks 29 27 30 25 23 18 23 24
14-26 weeks 15 18 16 16 16 15 7 7
27-39 weeks 5 5 5 3 5 4 7 7
40-52 weeks 12 12 10 11 10 13 8 8
53 weeks and over 10 10 12 11 17 13 10 10
Unspecified 2 4 3 5 3 4 4 4
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 32 33 36 30 24 34 30 30
5-13 weeks 27 25 26 27 25 19 29 30
14-26 weeks 15 16 14 17 17 16 9 9
27-39 weeks 5 5 4 3 5 4 9 9
40-52 weeks 11 11 9 11 10 14 10 10
53 weeks and over 9 10 10 12 18 13 13 12
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 21.2 21.7 20.7 23.6 29.6 25.6 24.4 23.9