LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2004
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2003				2004
	2002	2003	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter
	1000
Total	92	107	105	111	112	98	107	111
1- 4 weeks	37	37	36	41	41	29	35	38
5-13 weeks	24	29	34	27	29	24	32	24
14-26 weeks	11	18	15	21	15	21	16	17
27-39 weeks	4	5	3	4	7	4	6	6
40-52 weeks	9	10	8	9	12	12	11	13
53 weeks and over	6	7	6	7	6	7	6	10
Unspecified	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	41	35	35	37	37	30	33	35
5-13 weeks	27	27	33	25	27	25	31	22
14-26 weeks	12	17	15	19	13	21	15	15
27-39 weeks	4	4	3	4	6	5	5	6
40-52 weeks	10	10	8	8	11	13	10	12
53 weeks and over	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	9
	Weeks
Average duration	17.5	18.5	17.3	18.0	18.0	20.9	18.0	21.6

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