DataHaven and partners release the 2023 Community Wellbeing Index at the Connecticut State Capitol
by Mark Abraham March 31, 2023
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Statewide press coverage of 2023 Community Wellbeing Index Launch
by Mark Abraham March 14, 2023
This page has a selection of statewide press coverage about the 2023 Community Wellbeing Index reports. Data measuring the health of Greater Hartford communities finds increasing economic, racial disparities By Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, March 14, 2023 Link: https://www.courant.com/2023/03/14/data-measuring-the-health-of-greater-...… Read More
Report: Ansonia and Derby fall further behind Valley neighbors
Connecticut Post November 27, 2022
[Excerpt from feature article by Eddy Martinez] ANSONIA — Ansonia and Derby share an industrial past. And although the two cities are frequent rivals when it comes to everything from economic development to high school football, they also share a common problem — poverty. The two cities trail the state and the rest of the lower Naugatuck Valley communities in median income. And the gap is widening.… Read More
Connecticut’s richest residents got richer while poorest residents got poorer during pandemic, survey finds
Hartford Courant February 17, 2022
[Excerpt from front-page feature by Alex Putterman, February 13, 2022] The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly difficult for Connecticut residents in the state’s poorest cities, a large statewide survey has found. While 19% of Connecticut adults say they are worse off financially than they were two years ago, according to the survey, that number was 31% in Hartford, 29% in Bridgeport, 20% in New Haven and 28% in Waterbury.… Read More
Survey results quantify how each Connecticut town experienced the pandemic throughout 2021
by Mark Abraham February 12, 2022
PRESS RELEASE - February 13, 2022 Since February 2020, nearly a quarter of Connecticut households had a member lose a job, but about one-third of households in Bridgeport, Stamford, and Waterbury faced that outcome. But even in towns like Milford and Greenwich, about one in seven households were affected by job loss.… Read More
Selected October 2021 press coverage of DataHaven
by Mark Abraham October 28, 2021
DataHaven received significant statewide press coverage in October following the release of its Town Equity Reports and Summer 2021 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey results! Some representative examples include:… Read More