LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2007
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average	2006			2007
	2006	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	84	98	83	60	66	69	63
1- 4 weeks	22	32	24	12	19	24	21
5-13 weeks	21	18	24	19	18	14	16
14-26 weeks	11	15	7	8	11	11	7
27-39 weeks	4	4	7	2	3	2	2
40-52 weeks	10	13	8	10	6	8	9
53 weeks and over	11	13	10	6	7	4	5
Unspecified	3	4	4	3	2	5	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	28	34	30	21	30	37	35
5-13 weeks	26	19	30	33	28	23	27
14-26 weeks	14	16	9	14	17	18	12
27-39 weeks	5	4	9	3	4	3	3
40-52 weeks	13	14	10	18	10	13	14
53 weeks and over	14	13	12	11	11	6	8
	Weeks
Average duration	26.4	25.6	23.9	26.1	21.9	19.4	21.2

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