LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2003
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2001	2002				2003
	2001	2002	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter
	1000
Total	84	92	78	97	95	91	87	105
1- 4 weeks	37	37	29	35	39	40	32	36
5-13 weeks	22	24	22	28	21	24	24	34
14-26 weeks	10	11	10	13	13	8	11	15
27-39 weeks	3	4	2	3	4	5	3	3
40-52 weeks	6	9	8	9	8	9	9	8
53 weeks and over	4	6	3	6	7	4	7	6
Unspecified	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	2
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	45	41	39	38	43	45	37	35
5-13 weeks	27	27	30	29	23	27	28	33
14-26 weeks	12	12	14	14	14	9	13	15
27-39 weeks	3	4	3	3	4	6	3	3
40-52 weeks	8	10	10	9	9	10	11	8
53 weeks and over	5	6	5	7	7	4	8	6
	Weeks
Average duration	15.3	17.5	16.3	17.7	17.5	15.8	19.2	17.3

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