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Table 4 Length and duration of unemployment for those workers experiencing 25 or more months of unemployment by sector for labour force participants 64 years of age or under.

From: Effects of de-industrialization on unemployment, re-employment, and work conditions in a manufacturing workforce

Labour force participation status

N

Duration in months*

Mean # of episodes

Sawmill

62

38.3 (25–87)**

1.9 (1–5)***

Non-sawmill

87

36.4 (25–90)

2.0 (1–8)

Unemployed

18

50.4 (25–89)

4.1 (2–11)

  1. *Average cumulative duration. **Numbers in brackets =Range in months. ***Numbers in brackets=Range in the number of episodes of unemployment.