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	Table 097 (Labor, Foreign Employ.)
	Departures for Foreign Employment through Direct & Registered Sources by Sex
	Lab097e
Year	Direct			Registered			Total
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1995	22,158	31,611	53,769	23,863	94,857	118,720	46,021	126,468	172,489
1996	16,024	31,106	47,130	27,088	88,358	115,446	43,112	119,464	162,576
1997	10,048	25,185	35,233	27,504	87,546	115,050	37,552	112,731	150,283
1998	18,918	28,335	47,253	34,949	77,614	112,563	53,867	105,949	159,816
1999	28,999	29,895	58,894	34,505	85,715	120,220	63,504	115,610	179,114
2000	27,229	27,168	54,397	32,496	94,477	126,973	59,725	121,645	181,370
© ２００４， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 2000 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
Revised:  2003(y)/10(m)/01(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya.