LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2004
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2003		2004
	2003	2004	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	107	106	112	98	107	111	111	97
1- 4 weeks	37	34	41	29	35	38	36	27
5-13 weeks	29	29	29	24	32	24	30	28
14-26 weeks	18	15	15	21	16	17	14	15
27-39 weeks	5	5	7	4	6	6	6	4
40-52 weeks	10	12	12	12	11	13	12	11
53 weeks and over	7	10	6	7	6	10	11	11
Unspecified	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	1
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	35	32	37	30	33	35	33	28
5-13 weeks	27	27	27	25	31	22	28	30
14-26 weeks	17	15	13	21	15	15	13	16
27-39 weeks	4	5	6	5	5	6	5	4
40-52 weeks	10	11	11	13	10	12	11	11
53 weeks and over	6	9	6	7	6	9	10	11
	Weeks
Average duration	18.5	21.2	18.0	20.9	18.0	21.6	22.1	23.3

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