Permanent job losers .................................................................. 1,013 100.0 25.0 32.6 42.4 19.5 22.9

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 470 100.0 35.0 34.0 31.0 13.3 17.8

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 371 100.0 37.4 30.6 32.0 15.9 16.1

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 723 100.0 27.2 28.6 44.2 15.9 28.3

New entrants .................................................................................. 101 100.0 23.3 24.7 52.0 11.9 40.1

 Women, 20 years and over ........................................................ 2,718 100.0 35.0 31.2 33.8 15.5 18.3

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 1,276 100.0 36.6 32.0 31.5 16.0 15.5

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 333 100.0 56.7 33.3 10.0 7.3 2.7

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 943 100.0 29.4 31.5 39.0 19.0 20.0

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 696 100.0 27.1 30.7 42.2 20.1 22.1

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 247 100.0 35.9 33.9 30.2 16.0 14.2

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 351 100.0 37.3 34.4 28.3 14.2 14.1

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 984 100.0 32.1 29.2 38.8 15.5 23.3

New entrants .................................................................................. 107 100.0 35.5 29.4 35.2 14.6 20.5

 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years ......................................................... 1,101 100.0 46.2 32.2 21.5 11.9 9.6

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 176 100.0 61.9 26.5 11.6 8.1 3.5

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 63 100.0 79.5 17.1 3.5 2.6 .8

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 113 100.0 52.2 31.7 16.1 11.0 5.0

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 72 100.0 49.3 34.4 16.2 11.1 5.2

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 42 100.0 57.2 26.9 15.9 11.0 4.8

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 71 100.0 49.9 35.9 14.3 9.6 4.7

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 435 100.0 43.6 34.4 22.0 12.7 9.3

New entrants .................................................................................. 419 100.0 41.8 31.8 26.5 13.1 13.3

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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

Duration of unemployment

Total Full-time workers

Thousands of persons Percent distribution Thousands of persons Percent distribution

2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007

 Total, 16 years and over ..................................... 7,001 7,078 100.0 100.0 5,675 5,789 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks ................................................ 2,614 2,542 37.3 35.9 1,950 1,896 34.4 32.8

5 to 14 weeks ....................................................... 2,121 2,232 30.3 31.5 1,719 1,843 30.3 31.8

 5 to 10 weeks ..................................................... 1,460 1,529 20.9 21.6 1,157 1,236 20.4 21.4

 11 to 14 weeks ................................................... 661 703 9.4 9.9 562 606 9.9 10.5

15 weeks and over ............................................... 2,266 2,303 32.4 32.5 2,005 2,050 35.3 35.4

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................... 1,031 1,061 14.7 15.0 907 931 16.0 16.1

 27 weeks and over ............................................. 1,235 1,243 17.6 17.6 1,098 1,119 19.3 19.3

 27 to 51 weeks ................................................. 535 539 7.6 7.6 485 486 8.6 8.4

 52 weeks and over ........................................... 700 704 10.0 9.9 613 633 10.8 10.9

Average (mean) duration, in weeks ...................... 16.8 16.8 – – 18.0 18.1 – –

Median duration, in weeks .................................... 8.3 8.5 – – 9.2 9.4 – –

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication

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