Table 11.   Number of Overseas Filipino Workers, Type, Sex and Region:
            April to September 1995-96
            (In Thousands)

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                                   Apr.-Sept. 1995               Apr.-Sept. 1996
            Region                 Total      OCWs     Other     Total      OCWs     Other
                                   OFWs                OFWs      OFWs                OFWs
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          BOTH SEXES

  PHILIPPINES                       795       737        58       900       831        69

    NCR                             118       111         7       146       141         5
    CAR                              25        24         1        22        22
    Region 1 - Ilocos               105        98         7       106       100         6
    Region 2 - C. Valley             48        48         -        48        46         2
    Region 3 - C. Luzon             104        97         7       144       139         5
    Region 4 - S. Tagalog           157       142        15       152       141        11
    Region 5 - Bicol                 35        34         1        31        28         3
    Region 6 - W. Visayas            62        59         3        85        80         5
    Region 7 - C. Visayas            26        24         2        44        41         3
    Region 8 - E. Visayas            15        15         *        17        13         4
    Region 9 - W. Mindanao           23        19         5        17        10         7
    Region 10 - N. Mindanao          19        15         3         9         8         1
    Region 11 - S. Mindanao          26        23         3        37        33         4
    Region 12 - C. Mindanao          16        16         -         9         8         1
    ARMM                             15        12         3        26        15        11
    CARAGA                                                          8         7         1
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   *  Less than 500

Source:  Survey of Overseas Filipinos
         National Statistics Office