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  • Data show Connecticut remains segregated, but work being done to lessen it

    [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.

    Jul. 4, 2015

    All DataHaven Programs, Demographics, Economy

  • Largest Community Survey in U.S. Now Underway in Connecticut; 15,000 People to be Interviewed

    "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."

    Jun. 29, 2015

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey

  • Community survey may be calling you

    "The study will be most the comprehensive in the state."

    Jun. 28, 2015

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey

  • Are there two Valleys?

    "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."

    Jun. 28, 2015

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey

  • Rising Neighborhood Income Inequality in Connecticut

    From 1980 to 2013, the percentage of Connecticut residents living in neighborhoods of concentrated wealth or poverty grew by 30 percent, according to a new analysis from DataHaven.  On the map below, click "Visible Layers" to view data from each decade. Meanwhile, the percentage of residents living in middle-income neighborhoods shrunk 7 percent.

    Jun. 17, 2015

    All DataHaven Programs, Demographics, Economy

  • Statewide survey will assess resident wellbeing

    "Survey questions will solicit information about ... health, family economic security, happiness, civic engagement, transportation, housing, employment, satisfaction with government and community life, among other topics."

    Jun. 5, 2015

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey

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