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