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
Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.