In fact, the values were estimated based on 2006 data. Our 2006 data base contains different kinds of information on claimants. We have updated these values by changing the umemployment rate which was used. In 2006, the unemployment rate was about 6%, and our hypothesis was that the unemployment rate, based on private sector predictions, would stand at about 8.8% in 2009 and 2010. We therefore increased the number of claimants based on that ratio.
We also noted, using the same database, that approximately 30% of claimants qualified as long-tenured workers. So that is the ratio we used. Further, nearly 21% of long-tenured workers had run out of benefits. Again, we used that information.
Consequently, on an annual basis, there would potentially be 120,000 claimants availing themselves of this measure, in one year. The measure will be in effect for more than one year. We used January 4 as the start date for collecting benefits. The measure starts to end in June and ends completely in September, which represents a total period of 19 months. In fact, it is a period of 21 months, namely one year and nine months, from January to September. Based on these values, we increased the total number because we reached the figure of 190,000 long-tenured workers who would qualify.