[Excerpt of news article by Lau Guzmán, Record-Journal, April 7, 2023]
MERIDEN — Last year’s Puerto Rican festival was hot and humid. There were storms on the horizon, temperatures hovered around 95 degrees and the day ended with a thunderstorm. Despite the heat, I spent the day with a team from the Record-Journal that had gathered under a tent and a table to collect surveys.
[Excerpt from news piece by Molly Ingram, WSHU Public Radio, April 5, 2023]
According to the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey, 34% of Latino residents, 25% of Black residents, and 11% of white residents reported food insecurity in Connecticut. 17% of total respondents said they struggled with food insecurity in 2022.
Apr. 5, 2023
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Economy, Health
The document linked below is an Excel file created by DataHaven with DataHaven Community Index Score components and overall scores for all Connecticut towns. It corresponds to DataHaven's 2023 Community Wellbeing Index publications.
Mar. 21, 2023
All DataHaven Programs, Economy, Education, Health, Housing
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-...
Mar. 14, 2023
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
The Five Connecticuts (5CT) are a classification system, originally developed in 2004 by Don Levy, Orlando Rodriguez, and Wayne Villemez, to allow better comparisons across Connecticut's geographical areas.
Using statistical methods, the 169 towns of Connecticut are grouped into one of five categories based on analysis of demographic variables.
The Five Connecticuts (5CT) were updated by Don Levy and DataHaven in 2015, using 2010 census data. The updated (2010) classifications are provided in the attached file on this page.