LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2003
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1 000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2002				2003
	2001	2002	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter
	1000
Total	84	92	97	95	91	87	105	111
1- 4 weeks	37	37	35	39	40	32	36	41
5-13 weeks	22	24	28	21	24	24	34	27
14-26 weeks	10	11	13	13	8	11	15	21
27-39 weeks	3	4	3	4	5	3	3	4
40-52 weeks	6	9	9	8	9	9	8	9
53 weeks and over	4	6	6	7	4	7	6	7
Unspecified	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	2
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	45	41	38	43	45	37	35	37
5-13 weeks	27	27	29	23	27	28	33	25
14-26 weeks	12	12	14	14	9	13	15	19
27-39 weeks	3	4	3	4	6	3	3	4
40-52 weeks	8	10	9	9	10	11	8	8
53 weeks and over	5	6	7	7	4	8	6	7
	Weeks
Average duration	15.3	17.5	17.7	17.5	15.8	19.2	17.3	18.0

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