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DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT

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DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
(SINCE ANY PREVIOUS FULL-TIME WORK - EXPANDED)

This data item provides the number of weeks someone has been unemployed and looking for full-time work, disregarding any periods of part-time employment.

If they have never been employed full-time before, the duration is simply the number of weeks they have been looking for their first full-time job.

Broad classifications of short-term and long-term unemployed since any previous full-time jobs are provided in Duration of unemployment (since any previous full-time work - basic) [DURUNFCB].

Identifier:		DURUNFCE
Level:		Person
Source:		LFS
Frequency:		Monthly
Population:		All
Categories:
0		Not unemployed / Not applicable
1		Under 4 weeks
4		4 weeks
5		5 weeks
...		...
103		103 weeks
104		104 weeks and over

Related Information

Labour Force Survey Standard Products and Data Item Guide: Duration of unemployment since last full time job categories (cat. no. 6103.0)
Labour Force, Australia, Feb 2011: Changes this month: Historical Revisions - Duration of Unemployment (cat. no. 6202)
Information Paper: Implementing the Redesigned Labour Force Survey Questionnaire, 2001 - Duration of Unemployment (cat. no. 6295.0)
Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods: 6.28 Duration of Unemployment (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001)
Labour Force, Australia: Understanding Labour Force (cat. no. 6202)
Labour Force Survey Standard Products and Data Item Guide: Unemployed (cat. no. 6103.0)
Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods: 6. Unemployment (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001)

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