Labour force survey, Q4 2018

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by duration of job search (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018
	2017	2018	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018
Total	117	108	114	105	110	109	114	98
1-4 weeks	24	24	26	18	23	29	24	21
5-13 weeks	24	22	22	25	22	19	24	21
14-26 weeks	18	17	15	17	18	18	18	14
27-39 weeks	5	6	5	4	4	4	8	6
40-52 weeks	18	15	19	17	17	16	15	12
53 weeks and over	16	14	15	18	14	12	14	16

Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1-4 weeks	21	22	23	17	21	27	21	21
5-13 weeks	21	20	19	24	20	17	21	21
14-26 weeks	15	16	13	16	16	17	16	14
27-39 weeks	4	6	4	4	4	4	7	6
40-52 weeks	15	14	17	16	15	15	13	12
53 weeks and over	14	13	13	17	13	11	12	16

Average duration (weeks)	31.5	34.0	31.9	33.3	31.0	29.4	29.5	34.0

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