Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211002 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2017-42
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Quezon City
Abstract: 
This paper contributes to the scant body of literature on inequalities among and within ethnic groups in the Philippines by examining both the vertical and horizontal measures in terms of opportunities in accessing basic services such as education, electricity, safe water, and sanitation. The study also provides a glimpse of the patterns of inequality in Mindanao. The results show that there are significant inequalities in opportunities in accessing basic services within and among ethnic groups in the Philippines. Muslims (particularly the indigenous people) are the worst-off ethnic groups while the nonindigenous/non-Muslim groups are the better-off groups. Disparities in terms of literacy rate and access to electricity and sanitation between ethnic groups, however, appear to be narrowing between 2000 and 2010.
Subjects: 
Philippines
income inequality
ethnic groups
inequality
indigenous people
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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