Sprouted All Around: The Emergence and Evolution of Housing Estates in Brussels, Belgium

Table 7.3 Dissimilarity indices for foreigners and persons not in employment, 1991–2001: overall levels in Brussels and percentage change in the index value as large housing estates are taken out of the calculation

	1991	2001	2011
Foreign persons (with respect to Belgians)
Brussels	0.4002	0.2617	0.2289
without all large housing estates	−1.16%	−4.42%	−4.86%
without public large housing estates	+0.13%	−0.59%	−2.18%
without private large housing estates	−1.41%	−3.23%	−2.53%
Working-age persons not in employment (with respect to employed persons)
Brussels	0.1709	0.1724	0.1537
without all large housing estates	−0.67%	−0.35%	−2.05%
without public large housing estates	+0.17%	−1.49%	−1.89%
without private large housing estates	−1.19%	+1.02%	0.00%