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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2006
14 Unemployed persons aged 15-741 by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Duration of job search Annual average 2005 20062 3
2004 2005 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 3rd quarter
Old New
                 
  1000
Total 106 111 117 98 95 98 82 83
                 
1- 4 weeks 34 35 42 28 22 32 23 24
5-13 weeks 29 27 30 25 23 18 23 24
14-26 weeks 15 18 16 16 16 15 7 7
27-39 weeks 5 5 5 3 5 4 7 7
40-52 weeks 12 12 10 11 10 13 8 8
53 weeks and over 10 10 12 11 17 13 10 10
Unspecified 2 4 3 5 3 4 4 4
                 
  Per cent
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1- 4 weeks 32 33 36 30 24 34 30 30
5-13 weeks 27 25 26 27 25 19 29 30
14-26 weeks 15 16 14 17 17 16 9 9
27-39 weeks 5 5 4 3 5 4 9 9
40-52 weeks 11 11 9 11 10 14 10 10
53 weeks and over 9 10 10 12 18 13 13 12
                 
  Weeks
Average duration 21.2 21.7 20.7 23.6 29.6 25.6 24.4 23.9

1 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week. 2 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised, and the figures for 2006 are based on this revised survey. To improve the comparability for the figures between 3rd quarter 2006 and 3rd quarter 2005, figures for 3rd quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes. 3 Numbers for 1st and 2nd quarter 2006 have been corrected 16.10.2006.