CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1 Filipinos Overseas, issued on 2015 for efficient and effective delivery of government services. 13.5 Operation of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Welfare Assistance Fund which covers expenses for welfare cases handled by the overseas officers not covered by the LAF. Statistical data concerning women migrant workers, including returning migrant workers 13.6 Based on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 2014 Survey on OFWs, there are a total of 2,320,000 Filipinos working abroad, 50.4% (1,170,000) of which are female and 49.6% (1,149,000) male. 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 of the survey period. See table below: Table 9 Distribution of OFWs by Age Group, Sex and Area: 2014 Area Both Sexes Male Female Philippines (in thousands) 2 320 1 149 1 170 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 15-24 8.2 7.5 8.9 25-29 24.8 19.8 29.8 30-34 23.7 22.7 24.8 35-39 15.8 16.2 15.5 40-44 11.6 12.5 10.7 45 and over 15.8 21.4 10.4 Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 1/Excluding NCR. 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. The province of Leyte was not covered in 2014 SOF. Source: PSA, 2014 Survey on Overseas Filipinos 13.7 During the same year, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reported a total of 1,741,392 migrant workers consisting of land -based new hires and rehires, and seafarers were deployed, 54.6% of which are men and 45.4% are women. POEA data do not include undocumented OFWs which could have been reported in the PSA survey. It also includes OFWs who left within the last five years and who are working or had worked abroad during the past six months of the survey period. See table below: 20/33 16-06662