LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2005
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2004		2005
	2004	2005	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	106	111	111	97	110	116	117	98
1- 4 weeks	34	35	36	27	30	41	42	28
5-13 weeks	29	27	30	28	29	24	30	25
14-26 weeks	15	18	14	15	19	18	16	16
27-39 weeks	5	5	6	4	6	6	5	3
40-52 weeks	12	12	12	11	14	13	10	11
53 weeks and over	10	10	11	11	8	10	12	11
Unspecified	2	4	2	1	3	4	3	5
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	32	33	33	28	28	37	36	30
5-13 weeks	27	25	28	30	27	22	26	27
14-26 weeks	15	16	13	16	18	16	14	17
27-39 weeks	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	3
40-52 weeks	11	11	11	11	13	11	9	11
53 weeks and over	9	10	10	11	8	9	10	12
	Weeks
Average duration	21.2	21.7	22.1	23.3	21.9	21.0	20.7	23.6

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