HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 30. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Total | Full-time workers | | ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ | | | | Duration of unemployment |Thousands of persons |Percent distribution |Thousands of persons |Percent distribution | | | | _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ | | | | | | | | | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over..............| 7,236 | 6,739 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,803 | 5,395 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | 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 | - | - | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.