Table H1.  Number of Overseas Filipino Workers with Remittances, Total and Average Remitttance
           In Cash and In Kind by Sex:  1997 - 1998

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           Number of OFWs,                Total       Cash Sent        Cash          In Kind
          Total and Average                                           Brought
          Remittance and Sex                                           Home
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       April to September 1998

PHILIPPINES

BOTH SEXES

    No. of OFWs (In 1,000)                     767            743            124            193
    Total Remittance (P1,000)           38,809,415     29,186,927      7,113,469      2,509,019
    Average Remittance (P)                  50,612         39,267         57,390         13,030

MALE

    No. of OFWs (In 1,000)                     404            394             80            100
    Total Remittance (P1,000)           25,245,393     19,137,992      4,649,138      1,458,263
    Average Remittance (P)                  62,498         48,563         58,175         14,643

FEMALE

    No. of OFWs (In 1,000)                     363            349             44             93
    Total Remittance (P1,000)           13,564,022     10,048,935      2,464,331      1,050,756
    Average Remittance (P)                  37,381         28,776         55,966         11,303

       April to September 1997

PHILIPPINES

BOTH SEXES

    No. of OFWs (In 1,000)                     873            811            182            232
    Total Remittance (P1,000)           35,246,544     24,457,735      7,551,917      3,236,892
    Average Remittance (P)                  40,361         30,152         41,427         13,936

MALE

    No. of OFWs (In 1,000)                     496            465            115            129
    Total Remittance (P1,000)           24,212,528     17,197,585      4,999,212      2,015,731
    Average Remittance (P)                  48,808         36,974         43,544         15,668

FEMALE

    No. of OFWs (In 1,000)                     377            346             67            104
    Total Remittance (P1,000)           11,034,016      7,260,151      2,552,705      1,221,161
    Average Remittance (P)                  29,252         20,982         37,825         11,786

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Note:  Details may not add up to total due to rounding.

Source:  Survey on Overseas Filipinos, NSO