HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES 

30.  Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment

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        Duration of unemployment        |Thousands of persons |Percent distribution |Thousands of persons |Percent distribution
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                                        |   1994   |   1995   |   1994   |   1995   |   1994   |   1995   |   1994   |   1995
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  Total, 16 years and over..............|   7,996  |   7,404  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   6,513  |   5,909  |   100.0  |   100.0
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Less than 5 weeks.......................|   2,728  |   2,700  |    34.1  |    36.5  |   2,008  |   1,971  |    30.8  |    33.3
5 to 14 weeks...........................|   2,408  |   2,342  |    30.1  |    31.6  |   1,960  |   1,889  |    30.1  |    32.0
  5 to 10 weeks.........................|   1,651  |   1,631  |    20.6  |    22.0  |   1,317  |   1,289  |    20.2  |    21.8
  11 to 14 weeks........................|     757  |     711  |     9.5  |     9.6  |     643  |     600  |     9.9  |    10.1
15 weeks and over.......................|   2,860  |   2,363  |    35.8  |    31.9  |   2,544  |   2,050  |    39.1  |    34.7
  15 to 26 weeks........................|   1,237  |   1,085  |    15.5  |    14.6  |   1,073  |     929  |    16.5  |    15.7
  27 weeks and over.....................|   1,623  |   1,278  |    20.3  |    17.3  |   1,471  |   1,122  |    22.6  |    19.0
    27 to 51 weeks......................|     645  |     561  |     8.1  |     7.6  |     578  |     491  |     8.9  |     8.3
    52 weeks and over...................|     978  |     717  |    12.2  |     9.7  |     893  |     631  |    13.7  |    10.7
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Average (mean) duration, in weeks.......|    18.8  |    16.6  |     -    |     -    |    20.4  |    17.9  |     -    |     -
Median duration, in weeks...............|     9.2  |     8.3  |     -    |     -    |    10.2  |     9.1  |     -    |     -
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