LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2002
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2001			2002
	2000	2001	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	81	84	84	86	78	97	95	91
1- 4 weeks	36	37	41	42	29	35	39	40
5-13 weeks	21	22	18	23	22	28	21	24
14-26 weeks	10	10	11	7	10	13	13	8
27-39 weeks	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	5
40-52 weeks	5	6	5	6	8	9	8	9
53 weeks and over	4	4	5	4	3	6	7	4
Unspecified	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	2
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	45	45	49	50	39	38	43	45
5-13 weeks	26	27	22	27	30	29	23	27
14-26 weeks	13	12	13	8	14	14	14	9
27-39 weeks	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	6
40-52 weeks	7	8	6	8	10	9	9	10
53 weeks and over	5	5	7	5	5	7	7	4
	Weeks
Average duration	15.0	15.3	15.5	13.8	16.3	17.7	17.5	15.8

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