LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2005
14	Unemployed persons by duration of job search (LFS). 1000 and per cent

Duration of job search	Annual average		2004				2005
	2003	2004	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter
	1000
Total	107	106	107	111	111	97	110	116
1- 4 weeks	37	34	35	38	36	27	30	41
5-13 weeks	29	29	32	24	30	28	29	24
14-26 weeks	18	15	16	17	14	15	19	18
27-39 weeks	5	5	6	6	6	4	6	6
40-52 weeks	10	12	11	13	12	11	14	13
53 weeks and over	7	10	6	10	11	11	8	10
Unspecified	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	4
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	35	32	33	35	33	28	28	37
5-13 weeks	27	27	31	22	28	30	27	22
14-26 weeks	17	15	15	15	13	16	18	16
27-39 weeks	4	5	5	6	5	4	5	5
40-52 weeks	10	11	10	12	11	11	13	11
53 weeks and over	6	9	6	9	10	11	8	9
	Weeks
Average duration	18.5	21.2	18.0	21.6	22.1	23.3	21.9	21.0

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