TABLE 6  Total and Average Remittance In Cash and In Kind of Male and Female Overseas Filipino Workers:
         2005 and 2006

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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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2006

Philippines

  Both Sexes
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                    101,964        75,861     21,373      4,731
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                      78            61         80         17

  Male
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                     66,063        50,212     13,223      2,628
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                      99            78         86         18

  Female
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                     35,901        25,649      8,149      2,102
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                      57            43         71         16


2005

 Philippines

  Both Sexes
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                     85,148        60,034     21,224      3,890
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                      77            57         92         16

  Male
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                     54,828        38,969     13,817      2,042
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                      95            71        104         16

  Female
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                     30,320        21,065      7,407      1,848
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                      57            42         74         16

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Notes:   Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
         The estimates cover overseas Filipinos 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:  National Statistics Office, 2005 and 2006 Survey on Overseas Filipinos

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