Table 7. Number of Overseas Filipino Workers with Cash Remittances, Total and Average Remittance,
by Mode of Remittance and by Sex: 1999 and 2000
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Number of OFWs, Agency/ Friends/ Door
Total and Average Total Banks Local Co- to Others
Cash Remittance and Sex Office workers Door
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April to September 2000
PHILIPPINES
BOTH SEXES
No. of OFWs (In 1000) 781 520 12 18 225 5
Total Cash Remittance (P1,000) 37,209,031 26,965,767 797,074 310,285 8,976,931 158,973
Average Cash Remittance 47,645 51,888 64,147 16,894 39,844 30,659
MALE
No. of OFWs (In 1000) 432 289 9 9 123 3
Total Cash Remittance (P1,000) 24,984,163 18,310,658 661,130 160,316 5,756,214 95,846
Average Cash Remittance 57,781 63,428 76,256 17,284 46,964 29,927
FEMALE
No. of OFWs (In 1000) 349 231 4 9 103 2
Total Cash Remittance (P1,000) 12,224,867 8,655,110 135,945 149,969 3,220,718 63,126
Average Cash Remittance 35,071 37,467 36,195 16,495 31,350 31,843
April to September 1999
PHILIPPINES
BOTH SEXES
No. of OFWs (In 1000) 839 526 18 33 251 10
Total Cash Remittance (P1,000) 36,660,017 25,905,859 977,324 741,255 8,728,249 307,332
Average Cash Remittance 43,682 49,209 53,386 22,226 34,719 31,525
MALE
No. of OFWs (In 1000) 458 308 11 10 127 2
Total Cash Remittance (P1,000) 25,465,375 18,997,729 837,080 286,050 5,214,414 130,103
Average Cash Remittance 55,594 61,736 77,299 27,853 40,952 68,436
FEMALE
No. of OFWs (In 1000) 381 219 7 23 124 8
Total Cash Remittance (P1,000) 11,194,642 6,908,130 140,244 455,205 3,513,834 177,229
Average Cash Remittance 29,367 31,584 18,756 19,722 28,323 22,584
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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
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