Table 8. Number of Overseas Filipino Workers with Cash Remittances Sent, Total and Average Cash Remittance, by Mode of Remittance and by Sex: April to September 1995-96 ============================================================================================================== Number of OFWs, Agency/ Friends/ "Door- Total and Average Total Banks Local Co-workers to- Others Remittance and Sex Office Door" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April to September 1995 PHILIPPINES BOTH SEXES No. of OFWs (000's) 631 373 22 39 174 22 Total Cash Remittance (000's) 16,598,511 10,710,688 685,582 548,926 4,138,812 514,502 Average Cash Remittance 26,292 28,677 30,538 13,970 23,752 23,584 MALE No. of OFWs (000's) 340 202 18 15 96 9 Total Cash Remittance (000's) 10,884,004 7,146,148 636,557 246,338 2,618,573 236,389 Average Cash Remittance 32,004 35,362 35,192 16,019 27,416 26,210 FEMALE No. of OFWs (000's) 291 171 4 24 79 13 Total Cash Remittance (000's) 5,714,507 3,564,540 49,025 302,588 1,520,240 278,113 Average Cash Remittance 19,622 20,796 11,240 12,652 19,307 21,734 April to September 1996 PHILIPPINES BOTH SEXES No. of OFWs (000's) 711 443 27 49 177 15 Total Cash Remittance (000's) 19,496,918 13,213,247 1,324,476 712,537 4,057,091 189,567 Average Cash Remittance 27,432 29,818 49,222 14,669 22,912 12,595 MALE No. of OFWs (000's) 405 256 21 17 105 6 Total Cash Remittance (000's) 13,566,917 9,392,588 1,191,724 260,943 2,642,959 78,703 Average Cash Remittance 33,508 36,723 57,782 15,327 25,056 13,140 FEMALE No. of OFWs (000's) 306 187 6 32 72 9 Total Cash Remittance (000's) 5,930,001 3,820,659 132,752 451,594 1,414,132 110,865 Average Cash Remittance 19,389 20,392 21,125 14,314 19,754 12,235 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Less than 500 Source: Survey of Overseas Filipinos National Statistics Office