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 | |||||
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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 |