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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2004
14 Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2003 2004
2003 2004 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
  1000
Total 107 106 112 98 107 111 111 97
                 
1- 4 weeks 37 34 41 29 35 38 36 27
5-13 weeks 29 29 29 24 32 24 30 28
14-26 weeks 18 15 15 21 16 17 14 15
27-39 weeks 5 5 7 4 6 6 6 4
40-52 weeks 10 12 12 12 11 13 12 11
53 weeks and over 7 10 6 7 6 10 11 11
Unspecified 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 1
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 35 32 37 30 33 35 33 28
5-13 weeks 27 27 27 25 31 22 28 30
14-26 weeks 17 15 13 21 15 15 13 16
27-39 weeks 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 4
40-52 weeks 10 11 11 13 10 12 11 11
53 weeks and over 6 9 6 7 6 9 10 11
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 18.5 21.2 18.0 20.9 18.0 21.6 22.1 23.3