Earlier
this year, DataHaven, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to collecting, interpreting, and sharing public data,
released its 2015 Community Wellbeing Survey. As part of the survey, they
interviewed 16,219 randomly selected adults total with representation from
every Connecticut town. The survey’s 84 questions covered topics ranging from personal
finances, health insurance and access, and physical safety, and the response data
is sorted by age, gender, race, ethnicity, education, and income. Selected
findings are below; the complete survey is available here.
Figure 1:
Self-Reported Financial State
(In
response to the question: “How well would you say you are managing financially
these days?”)
Source:
Community Wellbeing Survey, Question #45
Figure 2: Length of
Time Savings Would Last if Income were Lost
(In
response to the question: “If you lost all your current sources of household
income, including your paycheck, public assistance, or other forms of income,
about how long do you think you could continue to live as you live today?”)
Source:
Community Wellbeing Survey, Question #47
Figure 3: Food
Insecurity
(In
response to the question: “Have there been times in the last 12 months when you
have not had enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?”)
Source:
Community Wellbeing Survey, Question #64
