LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2007
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by duration of job search (LFS). 1 000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average	2006				2007
	2006	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter
	1000
Total	84	95	98	83	60	66	69
1- 4 weeks	22	22	32	24	12	19	24
5-13 weeks	21	23	18	24	19	18	14
14-26 weeks	11	16	15	7	8	11	11
27-39 weeks	4	5	4	7	2	3	2
40-52 weeks	10	10	13	8	10	6	8
53 weeks and over	11	17	13	10	6	7	4
Unspecified	3	3	4	4	3	2	5
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	28	24	34	30	21	30	37
5-13 weeks	26	25	19	30	33	28	23
14-26 weeks	14	17	16	9	14	17	18
27-39 weeks	5	5	4	9	3	4	3
40-52 weeks	13	10	14	10	18	10	13
53 weeks and over	14	18	13	12	11	11	6
	Weeks
Average duration	26.4	29.6	25.6	23.9	26.1	21.9	19.4

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