Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in Brussel

In this article, we address the intersecting issues of deprivation and car dependency in the Brussels Region by analysing the car ownership of households through the prism of their level of deprivation. In order to do this, we have used the “Survey on Income and Living Conditions” (SILC). We have th...

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Main Authors: Mathias De Meyer, Jessica Gilsoul
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Language:English
Published: Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB 2025-07-01
Series:Brussels Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/brussels/8574
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description In this article, we address the intersecting issues of deprivation and car dependency in the Brussels Region by analysing the car ownership of households through the prism of their level of deprivation. In order to do this, we have used the “Survey on Income and Living Conditions” (SILC). We have thus constructed a typology of households defined according to the trade-offs they have made between the costs and benefits of car ownership. We focus in particular on the socioeconomic characteristics of households with cars in situations of deprivation. On this basis, we are able to assess the economic stress on household budgets caused by car ownership and put forward hypotheses regarding the professional and household configurations which imply a high level of car dependency, even in an urbanised setting such as that of the Brussels Region.
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spelling doaj-art-35869386e01e4e1caf2ebc7f96ca57292025-08-20T04:02:13ZengUniversité libre de Bruxelles - ULBBrussels Studies2031-02932025-07-0110.4000/14974Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in BrusselMathias De MeyerJessica GilsoulIn this article, we address the intersecting issues of deprivation and car dependency in the Brussels Region by analysing the car ownership of households through the prism of their level of deprivation. In order to do this, we have used the “Survey on Income and Living Conditions” (SILC). We have thus constructed a typology of households defined according to the trade-offs they have made between the costs and benefits of car ownership. We focus in particular on the socioeconomic characteristics of households with cars in situations of deprivation. On this basis, we are able to assess the economic stress on household budgets caused by car ownership and put forward hypotheses regarding the professional and household configurations which imply a high level of car dependency, even in an urbanised setting such as that of the Brussels Region.https://journals.openedition.org/brussels/8574mobilitycarregional policysocial inequalitiespoverty
spellingShingle Mathias De Meyer
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Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in Brussel
Brussels Studies
mobility
car
regional policy
social inequalities
poverty
title Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in Brussel
title_full Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in Brussel
title_fullStr Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in Brussel
title_full_unstemmed Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in Brussel
title_short Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in Brussel
title_sort autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in brussel
topic mobility
car
regional policy
social inequalities
poverty
url https://journals.openedition.org/brussels/8574
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