Duration of unemployment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000554",
  "term": "Duration of unemployment",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Length of time, in weeks, that people classified as unemployed have been looking for work.\n\nNote: For those on layoff who are counted as unemployed, the duration of unemployment represents the number of full weeks (through the reference week) that they have been on layoff. The data do not represent completed spells of unemployment.\n\nSee also unemployed.",
  "see_also": [
    "Unemployed"
  ],
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/duration-of-unemployment/"
}