Figure 1. Percent distribution of calendar year of onset of first long-term (LT), intermediate-term (IT), and short-term (ST) unemployment spell, 1982–2009
| Calendar year |
LT |
IT |
ST |
|
1982
|
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
|
1983
|
0.0 |
0.1 |
4.4 |
|
1984
|
0.4 |
0.5 |
3.8 |
|
1985
|
0.4 |
2.3 |
4.6 |
|
1986
|
2.4 |
3.5 |
6.5 |
|
1987
|
1.5 |
4.5 |
6.2 |
|
1988
|
3.0 |
2.3 |
7.3 |
|
1989
|
3.1 |
7.4 |
9.0 |
|
1990
|
5.6 |
8.1 |
7.0 |
|
1991
|
8.9 |
9.5 |
7.8 |
|
1992
|
7.9 |
8.8 |
6.4 |
|
1993
|
5.8 |
6.4 |
6.6 |
|
1994
|
3.3 |
4.7 |
3.6 |
|
1995
|
2.7 |
4.8 |
3.3 |
|
1996
|
3.7 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
|
1997
|
3.5 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
|
1998
|
3.2 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
|
1999
|
2.8 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
|
2000
|
3.6 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
|
2001
|
6.2 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
|
2002
|
4.9 |
3.3 |
2.3 |
|
2003
|
2.2 |
3.9 |
0.4 |
|
2004
|
3.8 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
|
2005
|
2.3 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
|
2006
|
3.6 |
2.5 |
1.2 |
|
2007
|
3.2 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
|
2008
|
7.1 |
3.2 |
1.4 |
|
2009
|
4.9 |
5.7 |
3.4 |