Table 6. Number of Overseas Filipino Workers with Remittances, Total and Average
         Remittance in Cash and In Kind by Sex: 1999 and 2000

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Number of OFWs,                                                            Cash
Total and Average                         Total         Cash Sent        Brought         In Kind
Remittance and Sex                                                         Home
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April to September 2000

PHILIPPINES

    BOTH SEXES

     Number of OFWs (In 1000)                     834             781             182             216
     Total Remittance (P1000)              55,133,406      37,209,031      13,779,032       4,145,343
     Average Remittance (P)                    66,146          47,645          75,676          19,222

    MALE

     Number of OFWs (In 1000)                     463             432             123             115
     Total Remittance (P1000)              37,250,379      24,984,163       9,780,444       2,485,771
     Average Remittance (P)                    80,427          57,781          79,674          21,619

    FEMALE

     Number of OFWs (In 1000)                     370             349              59             101
     Total Remittance (P1000)              17,883,026      12,224,867       3,998,588       1,659,571
     Average Remittance (P)                    48,287          35,071          67,404          16,484

April to September 1999

PHILIPPINES

    BOTH SEXES

     Number of OFWs (In 1000)                     870             839             209             258
     Total Remittance (P1000)              50,825,020      36,660,017      10,691,251       3,473,752
     Average Remittance (P)                    58,413          43,682          51,252          13,461

    MALE

     Number of OFWs (In 1000)                     471             458             130             132
     Total Remittance (P1000)              34,539,771      25,465,375       7,043,980       2,030,416
     Average Remittance (P)                    73,333          55,594          54,376          15,388

    FEMALE

     Number of OFWs (In 1000)                     399             381              79             126
     Total Remittance (P1000)              16,285,250      11,194,642       3,647,271       1,443,337
     Average Remittance (P)                    40,806          29,367          46,134          11,445

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Note: (1) Estimates are based on the 1995 Census Population Projection.
      (2) Details may not add up to total due to rounding.

Source:  Survey on Overseas Filipinos
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines