LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2008
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2007				2008
	2006	2007	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter
	1000
Total	84	63	66	69	63	54	65	72
1- 4 weeks	22	20	19	24	21	16	24	28
5-13 weeks	21	16	18	14	16	14	19	16
14-26 weeks	11	9	11	11	7	7	7	12
27-39 weeks	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
40-52 weeks	10	8	6	8	9	7	5	6
53 weeks and over	11	5	7	4	5	4	6	3
Unspecified	3	4	2	5	3	4	3	4
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	28	34	30	37	35	32	38	42
5-13 weeks	26	26	28	23	27	28	30	23
14-26 weeks	14	15	17	18	12	14	12	18
27-39 weeks	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
40-52 weeks	13	13	10	13	14	13	7	9
53 weeks and over	14	8	11	6	8	9	9	5
	Weeks
Average duration	26.4	21.0	21.9	19.4	21.2	21.6	19.3	16.4

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