LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th 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
	2007	2008	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter
	1000
Total	63	67	63	54	65	72	66	66
1- 4 weeks	20	25	21	16	24	28	27	20
5-13 weeks	16	18	16	14	19	16	16	22
14-26 weeks	9	9	7	7	7	12	8	9
27-39 weeks	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
40-52 weeks	8	6	9	7	5	6	6	7
53 weeks and over	5	4	5	4	6	3	3	3
Unspecified	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	34	39	35	32	38	42	44	32
5-13 weeks	26	28	27	28	30	23	25	35
14-26 weeks	15	15	12	14	12	18	13	14
27-39 weeks	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	2
40-52 weeks	13	9	14	13	7	9	9	11
53 weeks and over	8	6	8	9	9	5	5	6
	Weeks
Average duration	21.0	17.4	21.2	21.6	19.3	16.4	15.7	18.1

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