LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd 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	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter
	1000
Total	107	106	111	111	97	110	116	117
1- 4 weeks	37	34	38	36	27	30	41	42
5-13 weeks	29	29	24	30	28	29	24	30
14-26 weeks	18	15	17	14	15	19	18	16
27-39 weeks	5	5	6	6	4	6	6	5
40-52 weeks	10	12	13	12	11	14	13	10
53 weeks and over	7	10	10	11	11	8	10	12
Unspecified	2	2	3	2	1	3	4	3
	Per cent
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1- 4 weeks	35	32	35	33	28	28	37	36
5-13 weeks	27	27	22	28	30	27	22	26
14-26 weeks	17	15	15	13	16	18	16	14
27-39 weeks	4	5	6	5	4	5	5	4
40-52 weeks	10	11	12	11	11	13	11	9
53 weeks and over	6	9	9	10	11	8	9	10
	Weeks
Average duration	18.5	21.2	21.6	22.1	23.3	21.9	21.0	20.7

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