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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