LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2002
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2000	2001				2002
	2000	2001	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter
	1000
Total	81	84	71	87	84	86	78	97
1- 4 weeks	36	37	27	35	41	42	29	35
5-13 weeks	21	22	19	25	18	23	22	28
14-26 weeks	10	10	11	11	11	7	10	13
27-39 weeks	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3
40-52 weeks	5	6	6	6	5	6	8	9
53 weeks and over	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	6
Unspecified	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	45	45	38	41	49	50	39	38
5-13 weeks	26	27	27	29	22	27	30	29
14-26 weeks	13	12	16	13	13	8	14	14
27-39 weeks	4	3	5	4	3	2	3	3
40-52 weeks	7	8	8	7	6	8	10	9
53 weeks and over	5	5	6	6	7	5	5	7
	Weeks
Average duration	15.0	15.3	16.7	15.8	15.5	13.8	16.3	17.7

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