Table 7. Number of Overseas Filipino Workers with Cash Remittances, Total and Average Remittance,
         by Mode of Remittance and by Sex: April to September 2001 and 2002

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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 2002

Philippines

  Both sexes
																																	 
  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              853         597         19         16        218        2
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  46,374,372  35,207,985  1,709,782    436,847  8,958,646   61,111
  Average cash remittance             54,395      58,933     88,527     27,663     41,096   30,119

  Male
																																	 
  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              469         336         11          5        116        *
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  31,949,016  25,059,832  1,318,225    156,128  5,402,124   12,708
  Average cash remittance             68,133      74,592    115,212     32,184     46,388   60,000

  Female
																																	 
  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              384         261          8         11        102        2
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  14,425,355  10,148,153    391,557    280,719  3,556,522   48,403
  Average cash remittance             37,602      38,813     49,740     25,659     35,026   26,636

April to September 2001

Philippines

  Both sexes
																																	 
  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              822         554         20         16        227        5
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  38,514,872  27,520,563  1,610,535    461,330  8,748,661  173,782
  Average cash remittance             46,878      49,708     81,340     29,149     38,565   31,788

  Male
																																	 
  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              443         311         15          7        108        2
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  26,115,260  19,563,442  1,471,045    154,029  4,845,665   81,078
  Average cash remittance             59,002      62,845    101,311     21,937     44,798   50,275

  Female
																																	 
  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              379         242          5          9        119        4
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  12,399,612   7,957,122    139,490    307,301  3,902,996   92,703
  Average cash remittance             32,718      32,833     26,419     34,901     32,884   24,053
																	
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Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division, Survey on Overseas Filipinos
         Household Statistics Department
         Philippines National Statistics Office
         Manila, Philippines

Note:

Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Page last updated:  April 23, 2003