LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2003
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2002		2003
	2002	2003	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	92	107	91	87	105	111	112	98
1- 4 weeks	37	37	40	32	36	41	41	29
5-13 weeks	24	29	24	24	34	27	29	24
14-26 weeks	11	18	8	11	15	21	15	21
27-39 weeks	4	5	5	3	3	4	7	4
40-52 weeks	9	10	9	9	8	9	12	12
53 weeks and over	6	7	4	7	6	7	6	7
Unspecified	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	41	35	45	37	35	37	37	30
5-13 weeks	27	27	27	28	33	25	27	25
14-26 weeks	12	17	9	13	15	19	13	21
27-39 weeks	4	4	6	3	3	4	6	5
40-52 weeks	10	10	10	11	8	8	11	13
53 weeks and over	6	6	4	8	6	7	6	7
	Weeks
Average duration	17.5	18.5	15.8	19.2	17.3	18.0	18.0	20.9

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