Table 7. Number of Overseas Filipino Workers with Cash Remittances, Total and Average Remittance,
         by Mode of Remittance and by Sex: April to September 2003 and 2004

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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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2004

Philippines

  Both sexes

  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              861         616         22         15        201        7
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  50,395,028  38,109,637  1,559,922    319,365  10,290,41  115,686
  Average cash remittance             58,520      61,846     71,646     20,762     51,262   16,392

  Male

  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              435         307         15          7        103        4
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  32,327,489  24,652,544  1,189,400    140,328  6,256,522   88,695
  Average cash remittance             74,267      80,359     81,205     19,786     60,872   22,242

  Female

  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              426         309          7          8         98        3
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  18,067,539  13,457,093    370,522    179,037  4,033,897   26,991
  Average cash remittance             42,425      43,490     51,998     21,596     41,178    8,792

2003

Philippines

  Both sexes

  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              812         585         19         12        191        5
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  48,890,324  38,063,323  1,071,444    464,577  9,113,289  177,691
  Average cash remittance             60,179      65,102     56,191     38,815     47,642   32,775

  Male

  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              434         321         10          5         96        1
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  32,992,410  26,286,440    687,354    291,624  5,705,138   21,854
  Average cash remittance             75,986      81,817     65,970     55,432     59,591   14,676

  Female

  Number of OFWs (In 1,000)              378         263          9          7         96        4
  Total cash remittance (P1,000)  15,897,914  11,776,883    384,089    172,953  3,408,151  155,837
  Average cash remittance             42,033      44,713     44,409     25,783     35,669   39,629

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Notes:
         Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
         The estimates cover overseas Filipino whose departure occurred within the last five years and who are
            working or had worked abroad during the past six months (April to September) of the survey period.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division, Survey on Overseas Filipinos
         Household Statistics Department
         Philippines National Statistics Office
         Manila, Philippines

Page last updated:  April 15, 2005