No population census has ever been done among the indigenous peoples in the ARMM that could verify the number of the IP in the region. Statistics on indigenous population throughout the past years have therefore been based on mere assumptions. Thus, for the first time, the IPDEV project conducted a comprehensive demographic survey among the Teduray, Lambangian, Higaonon and Dulangan Manobo indigenous societies within the ARMM.
From August 2012 to February 2013, IPDEV conducted a Participatory Rapid Assessment and a comprehensive demographic survey of 80 IP-dominant barangays among the twelve municipalities of the provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur. A total of 15,510 indigenous households comprised the respondents of the survey. This publication presents the survey's results.
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