HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


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

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                                        |                   Total                   |             Full-time workers
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        Duration of unemployment        |Thousands of persons |Percent distribution |Thousands of persons |Percent distribution
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                                        |   1996   |   1997   |   1996   |   1997   |   1996   |   1997   |   1996   |   1997
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  Total, 16 years and over..............|   7,236  |   6,739  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   5,803  |   5,395  |   100.0  |   100.0
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Less than 5 weeks.......................|   2,633  |   2,538  |    36.4  |    37.7  |   1,929  |   1,862  |    33.2  |    34.5
5 to 14 weeks...........................|   2,287  |   2,138  |    31.6  |    31.7  |   1,838  |   1,713  |    31.7  |    31.8
  5 to 10 weeks.........................|   1,576  |   1,474  |    21.8  |    21.9  |   1,241  |   1,156  |    21.4  |    21.4
  11 to 14 weeks........................|     711  |     664  |     9.8  |     9.9  |     597  |     557  |    10.3  |    10.3
15 weeks and over.......................|   2,316  |   2,062  |    32.0  |    30.6  |   2,036  |   1,820  |    35.1  |    33.7
  15 to 26 weeks........................|   1,053  |     995  |    14.6  |    14.8  |     913  |     864  |    15.7  |    16.0
  27 weeks and over.....................|   1,262  |   1,067  |    17.4  |    15.8  |   1,123  |     956  |    19.3  |    17.7
    27 to 51 weeks......................|     577  |     479  |     8.0  |     7.1  |     526  |     428  |     9.1  |     7.9
    52 weeks and over...................|     685  |     589  |     9.5  |     8.7  |     596  |     528  |    10.3  |     9.8
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Average (mean) duration, in weeks.......|    16.7  |    15.8  |     -    |     -    |    18.0  |    17.1  |     -    |     -
Median duration, in weeks...............|     8.3  |     8.0  |     -    |     -    |     9.3  |     8.9  |     -    |     -
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   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.