The following text is from a press release from Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill. Visit the Secretary of the State's website, or http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/releases/2016/1.14.16_RTV_Release.2.pdf, for the full news release.
This crosstab of results from the 2015 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey contains weighted estimates for the 13-town Greater New Haven region as defined in the Community Index 2013, as well as weighted estimates for individual towns and groups of towns within that region. It also contains disaggregations by household income level for the Greater New Haven region as a whole.
This crosstab of results from the 2015 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey contains weighted estimates for Connecticut, as well as disaggregations for each of the Five Connecticuts. The Five Connecticuts are a system used to classify individual towns into one of five categories (Wealthy, Suburban, Rural, Urban Periphery, and Urban Core) based on the median household income, population density, and poverty rate of each town as of the most recent Census data. In many cases, results for any individual town in Connecticut will be similar to other towns within its grouping.
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DataHaven2015 5CT Crosstabs Pub.pdf
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[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?
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http://inclusionhub.mastercardcenter.org/features/6023/expert-view-happiness-and-inclusive-growth/
The 2016 Waterbury Community Youth Resource Guide was produced as a collaborative effort between United Way of CT 2-1-1 and the Bridge to Success Partnership. The guide is not intended to replace 2-1-1 information, or to be a comprehensive listing of child and youth programs in Waterbury. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the www.211ct.org website.
The guide was designed by DataHaven, using information from the authors. The authors intend to update it in future years.
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1_DH_WBdrctry_WEB_Pgs.pdf
[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.
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http://www.plainvillecitizen.com/news/allnews/8127063-129/survey-finds-most-residents-satisfied.html
This crosstab of results from the 2015 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey contains weighted estimates for Connecticut, disaggregated by demographic group. The survey conducted in-depth interviews with 16,219 randomly-selected adults living in every town and city throughout Connecticut.
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In August 2014, the shooting of African-American teenager Michael Brown in the black-majority city of Ferguson, Missouri by a white police officer on duty quickly captured the entire country’s attention. Residents, long aware of the existing tensions between the community and a police force that no longer represents their racial and ethnic makeup, protested the excessive use of force by police and demanded greater accountability from police departments.
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