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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2006
14 Unemployed persons aged 15-741 by duration of job search (LFS)2 3. 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2005 2006
2004 2005 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 2nd quarter
                 
  1000
Total 106 111 116 117 98 95 98 98
                 
1- 4 weeks 34 35 41 42 28 22 31 32
5-13 weeks 29 27 24 30 25 23 18 18
14-26 weeks 15 18 18 16 16 16 15 15
27-39 weeks 5 5 6 5 3 5 4 4
40-52 weeks 12 12 13 10 11 10 13 13
53 weeks and over 10 10 10 12 11 17 12 13
Unspecified 2 4 4 3 5 3 1 3
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 32 33 37 36 30 24 33 34
5-13 weeks 27 25 22 26 27 25 19 19
14-26 weeks 15 16 16 14 17 17 16 16
27-39 weeks 5 5 5 4 3 5 4 4
40-52 weeks 11 11 11 9 11 10 14 14
53 weeks and over 9 10 9 10 12 18 13 13
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 21.2 21.7 21.0 20.7 23.6 29.6 25.4 25.6