LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2002
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2001		2002
	2001	2002	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	84	92	86	78	97	95	91	87
1- 4 weeks	37	37	42	29	35	39	40	32
5-13 weeks	22	24	23	22	28	21	24	24
14-26 weeks	10	11	7	10	13	13	8	11
27-39 weeks	3	4	2	2	3	4	5	3
40-52 weeks	6	9	6	8	9	8	9	9
53 weeks and over	4	6	4	3	6	7	4	7
Unspecified	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	1
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	45	41	50	39	38	43	45	37
5-13 weeks	27	27	27	30	29	23	27	28
14-26 weeks	12	12	8	14	14	14	9	13
27-39 weeks	3	4	2	3	3	4	6	3
40-52 weeks	8	10	8	10	9	9	10	11
53 weeks and over	5	6	5	5	7	7	4	8
	Weeks
Average duration	15.3	17.5	13.8	16.3	17.7	17.5	15.8	19.2

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