LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd 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	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	92	107	111	112	98	107	111	111
1- 4 weeks	37	37	41	41	29	35	38	36
5-13 weeks	24	29	27	29	24	32	24	30
14-26 weeks	11	18	21	15	21	16	17	14
27-39 weeks	4	5	4	7	4	6	6	6
40-52 weeks	9	10	9	12	12	11	13	12
53 weeks and over	6	7	7	6	7	6	10	11
Unspecified	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	41	35	37	37	30	33	35	33
5-13 weeks	27	27	25	27	25	31	22	28
14-26 weeks	12	17	19	13	21	15	15	13
27-39 weeks	4	4	4	6	5	5	6	5
40-52 weeks	10	10	8	11	13	10	12	11
53 weeks and over	6	6	7	6	7	6	9	10
	Weeks
Average duration	17.5	18.5	18.0	18.0	20.9	18.0	21.6	22.1

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