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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2006
14 Unemployed persons aged 15-741 by duration of job search (LFS)2. 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2005 2006
2005 2006
Old 		4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
New		 4th quarter
Old
                 
  1000
Total 111 84 98 95 98 83 60 61
                 
1- 4 weeks 35 22 28 22 32 24 12 12
5-13 weeks 27 21 25 23 18 24 19 18
14-26 weeks 18 11 16 16 15 7 8 8
27-39 weeks 5 4 3 5 4 7 2 2
40-52 weeks 12 10 11 10 13 8 10 10
53 weeks and over 10 11 11 17 13 10 6 6
Unspecified 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 5
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 33 27 30 24 34 30 21 21
5-13 weeks 25 26 27 25 19 30 33 33
14-26 weeks 16 14 17 17 16 9 14 14
27-39 weeks 5 6 3 5 4 9 3 3
40-52 weeks 11 13 11 10 14 10 18 18
53 weeks and over 10 14 12 18 13 12 11 11
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 21.7 26.7 23.6 29.6 25.6 23.9 26.1 26.1

1 See note 1, table 1.
2 See note 6, table 1.