Yale survey finds New Haven low-income areas feel safer, but health worries remain
New Haven Register May 9, 2016
[Excerpt] "For added context, the review included findings from DataHaven’s Community Wellbeing Survey. This phone survey was taken with more than 16,000 randomly selected adults throughout the state and 800 in the city of New Haven between April and October 2015.… Read More
New Data Shows New Haven's Promise
by Anonymous April 20, 2016
BY APARNA NATHANIn January, the City of New Haven submitted its second application for a federal “Promise Zone” designation, one year after its original application was selected as a finalist but not advanced to be one of the six designated zones that year.… Read More
Cig Smoking Drops, E-Smoking Rises
by Anonymous March 8, 2016
BY APARNA NATHANNEW HAVEN, CT - Cigarette smoking is on the decline in New Haven, according to new community-level data.… Read More
DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey Featured on WNPR Where We Live: Transcript
by Mark Abraham February 21, 2016
WNPR's live radio program, Where We Live, recently hosted Mark Abraham, Executive Director of DataHaven, and Anita Chandra, Director of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment, to discuss findings from the … Read More
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
What the Doctor Ordered: Urban Farming
New York Times November 6, 2014
[Excerpt] At a dead-end street in a blighted section of this city, crumbling roofs of old factories, smokestacks and the Interstate 95 overpass loom overhead, casting long shadows on an October afternoon. Along one end of a field, children play soccer; on the other, men stand around motorcycles, sipping from beer cans.… Read More
