Zamboanga Home-Based IDP Profiling Data from 2016

In July-August 2016, a profiling exercise reached 6,474 families across 66 barangays in Zamboanga, Philippines, to validate lists of home-based internally displaced persons (IDPs). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partners conducted the exercise to gather up-to-date information for designing targeted assistance and protection programs. The profiling identified 1,135 families as potential home-based IDPs, with concentrations in barangays like Sta. Catalina and Sta. Barbara.

Use Cases

• Validate and update lists of displaced populations based on household profiling data.
• Design targeted assistance programs based on location-specific IDP concentrations.
• Inform protection interventions using up-to-date information from affected families.

Strengths

• Profiling reached a specific scale of 6,474 families from 66 barangays.
• Identified a concrete count of 1,135 families as potential home-based IDPs.
• Provides geographic specificity, naming barangays like Sta. Catalina and Sta. Barbara.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to the 2016 exercise.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Profiling exercise conceptualized through consultations and conducted via household surveys.

Time Range

2016 (piloted in June, full exercise July-August)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:43:54.456737; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zamboanga, Philippines (66 barangays)