LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2001
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2000		2001
	2000	2001	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	81	84	82	71	87	84	86	78
1- 4 weeks	36	37	38	27	35	41	42	29
5-13 weeks	21	22	22	19	25	18	23	22
14-26 weeks	10	10	7	11	11	11	7	10
27-39 weeks	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2
40-52 weeks	5	6	4	6	6	5	6	8
53 weeks and over	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	3
Unspecified	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	2
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	45	45	48	38	41	49	50	39
5-13 weeks	26	27	28	27	29	22	27	30
14-26 weeks	13	12	8	16	13	13	8	14
27-39 weeks	4	3	5	5	4	3	2	3
40-52 weeks	7	8	5	8	7	6	8	10
53 weeks and over	5	5	6	6	6	7	5	5
	Weeks
Average duration	15.0	15.3	14.2	16.7	15.8	15.5	13.8	16.3

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