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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                                        |   1995   |   1996   |   1995   |   1996   |   1995   |   1996   |   1995   |   1996
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  Total, 16 years and over..............|   7,404  |   7,236  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   5,909  |   5,803  |   100.0  |   100.0
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Less than 5 weeks.......................|   2,700  |   2,633  |    36.5  |    36.4  |   1,971  |   1,929  |    33.3  |    33.2
5 to 14 weeks...........................|   2,342  |   2,287  |    31.6  |    31.6  |   1,889  |   1,838  |    32.0  |    31.7
  5 to 10 weeks.........................|   1,631  |   1,576  |    22.0  |    21.8  |   1,289  |   1,241  |    21.8  |    21.4
  11 to 14 weeks........................|     711  |     711  |     9.6  |     9.8  |     600  |     597  |    10.1  |    10.3
15 weeks and over.......................|   2,363  |   2,316  |    31.9  |    32.0  |   2,050  |   2,036  |    34.7  |    35.1
  15 to 26 weeks........................|   1,085  |   1,053  |    14.6  |    14.6  |     929  |     913  |    15.7  |    15.7
  27 weeks and over.....................|   1,278  |   1,262  |    17.3  |    17.4  |   1,122  |   1,123  |    19.0  |    19.3
    27 to 51 weeks......................|     561  |     577  |     7.6  |     8.0  |     491  |     526  |     8.3  |     9.1
    52 weeks and over...................|     717  |     685  |     9.7  |     9.5  |     631  |     596  |    10.7  |    10.3
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Average (mean) duration, in weeks.......|    16.6  |    16.7  |     -    |     -    |    17.9  |    18.0  |     -    |     -
Median duration, in weeks...............|     8.3  |     8.3  |     -    |     -    |     9.1  |     9.3  |     -    |     -
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