Greater New Haven Community Wellbeing Survey

The 2012 Greater New Haven Community Wellbeing Survey is the most comprehensive survey ever conducted in our metropolitan area. In September and October 2012, our researchers asked over 1,300 randomly-selected adults what they thought about a variety of issues. Please visit the sites below to learn more, share your feedback, and vote on ideas for improving our community as a place to live.

Survey Results and Press Release

Press release announcing findings from the Wellbeing Survey:
Click here to read the press release, posted on the DataHaven blog.

Downloadable Wellbeing Survey press release and Executive Summary (text report):
Click here to read and download the file.

Full report with Wellbeing Survey results (including graphics):
Click here to read and download the file.

Survey question crosstabs with Wellbeing Survey estimates by geography, income, and demographic group:
Click here to read and download this data file.*
*These survey estimates are complex. Please interpret the data with caution, and contact DataHaven with any questions or for help in reading the file. More detailed analyses are also available upon request.

Interactive Website: What is Your Vision for Greater New Haven?

Please click on the image below to access an interactive website that contains additional survey results, as well as a place to share your vision for Greater New Haven.

Previous Announcements

12/17/12: Community Foundation for Greater New Haven webpage about the survey, with preliminary results:
http://www.cfgnh.org/DataHavenSurvey.

11/30/12: The Community Wellbeing Survey has been completed. All responses are strictly confidential and anonymous, and will only be released in the aggregate so as not to be identifable with any specific person. Please visit our blog for a previous press release that contains background information regarding this project.

Community Partners

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
United Way of Greater New Haven
Carolyn Foundation
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Anonymous Individual Donors
NewAlliance Foundation
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Hospital of Saint Raphael
Fair Haven Community Health Center
Community Alliance for Research and Engagement
New Haven MOMS Partnership
City of New Haven Health Department
Community Action Agency of New Haven
New Haven Community Management Teams