TABLE 6  Total and Average Remittance In Cash and In Kind of Male and Female Overseas Filipino Workers:
         2006 and 2007 

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Sex                                                                 |           |     Cash |
   Total and Average Remittance                               Total | Cash Sent |  Brought |  In Kind
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2007
 Philippines

  Both Sexes
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                      109,806      81,902     22,752      5,152
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                        75          59         87         18

  Male
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                       74,158      55,621     15,602      2,935
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                        96          76         97         20

  Female
   Total remittance (In million pesos)                       35,648      26,281      7,151      2,216
   Average remittance (In thousand pesos)                        51          40         71         16

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

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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, 2006 and 2007 Survey on Overseas Filipinos

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