Expert View: Happiness and Inclusive Growth
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth Inclusion Hub December 29, 2015
[Excerpt] Bhutan pioneered the Gross National Happiness Index. Now a U.S. study has released the nation’s largest neighborhood-level survey of well-being, modeled on a U.K. census. What does it tell us about the links between happiness, financial services and inclusive growth?… Read More
Survey finds most residents ‘satisfied’
The Plainville Citizen December 7, 2015
[Excerpt] "A recent DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey that interviewed Connecticut residents on their quality of life, health and happiness included responses from 200 Plainville residents. Results show that, by far, most Plainville residents are happy with where they live.… 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
