LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2009
14	Unemployed persons aged 15-74 by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2007	2008				2009
	2007	2008	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter
	1000
Total	63	67	54	65	72	66	66	79
1- 4 weeks	20	25	16	24	28	27	20	20
5-13 weeks	16	18	14	19	16	16	22	28
14-26 weeks	9	9	7	7	12	8	9	13
27-39 weeks	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
40-52 weeks	8	6	7	5	6	6	7	7
53 weeks and over	5	4	4	6	3	3	3	5
Unspecified	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	34	39	32	38	42	44	32	27
5-13 weeks	26	28	28	30	23	25	35	36
14-26 weeks	15	15	14	12	18	13	14	18
27-39 weeks	4	3	4	3	3	4	2	4
40-52 weeks	13	9	13	7	9	9	11	9
53 weeks and over	8	6	9	9	5	5	6	6
	Weeks
Average duration	21.0	17.4	21.6	19.3	16.4	15.7	18.1	18.7

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