DataHaven Announces Completion of Largest-Ever Survey on Neighborhood-Level Quality of Life, Health, and Happiness
by Mark Abraham November 23, 2015
Nearly 17,000 randomly-selected residents of all towns in Connecticut and adjacent sections of New York State participated in the 2015 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey, with in-depth interviews on quality of life, health, and happiness… Read More
Welcome to the new DataHaven website
by Mary Buchanan November 10, 2015
You have arrived at DataHaven, where we provide data for community action. We collect, interpret, and share public data to empower communities to make effective, informed decisions. We provide a public service by working with a wide variety of partners to develop innovative reports, tools, and technical assistance programs that make this information more useful.… Read More
More Seniors = More Need For Help
New Haven Independent July 13, 2015
"The Community Wellbeing Survey … will now allow DataHaven and its over 100 partner organizations... to evaluate the age-inclusive livability of every community in the state."… Read More
Data show Connecticut remains segregated, but work being done to lessen it
New Haven Register July 4, 2015
[Excerpt] "Connecticut not only has the highest per capita income in the nation and ties New York in income disparity, its pockets of wealth and poverty are more highly concentrated than in many other large metropolitan areas. That was one of the findings of a study by Mark Abraham and Mary Buchanan, of DataHaven in New Haven, whose mission is to help policy-makers by compiling and interpreting public data.… Read More
Largest Community Survey in U.S. Now Underway in Connecticut; 15,000 People to be Interviewed
Connecticut by the numbers June 29, 2015
"The initiative is creating the first-ever shared measures of quality of life, happiness, and community health across all neighborhoods, towns, regions, and the state as a whole."… Read More
Are there two Valleys?
Valley Independent Sentinel June 28, 2015
"The results [of the survey] will be incorporated into a community index report that [will give the Valley Community Foundation] a better idea of where the need for community help exists in the Valley."… Read More