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 | |||||
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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 |