LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2003
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2002			2003
	2001	2002	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	84	92	95	91	87	105	111	112
1- 4 weeks	37	37	39	40	32	36	41	41
5-13 weeks	22	24	21	24	24	34	27	29
14-26 weeks	10	11	13	8	11	15	21	15
27-39 weeks	3	4	4	5	3	3	4	7
40-52 weeks	6	9	8	9	9	8	9	12
53 weeks and over	4	6	7	4	7	6	7	6
Unspecified	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	45	41	43	45	37	35	37	37
5-13 weeks	27	27	23	27	28	33	25	27
14-26 weeks	12	12	14	9	13	15	19	13
27-39 weeks	3	4	4	6	3	3	4	6
40-52 weeks	8	10	9	10	11	8	8	11
53 weeks and over	5	6	7	4	8	6	7	6
	Weeks
Average duration	15.3	17.5	17.5	15.8	19.2	17.3	18.0	18.0

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