Increasing access to local data to inform racial equity initiatives

Mark Abraham from DataHaven (New Haven) presented on their town equity reports at the Association of Public Data Users Conference that analyze data for 169 Connecticut towns. Each report compiles Census data, state and local administrative data, and data from their Community Wellbeing Survey, which interviews over 40,000 adults. For example, the survey is able to capture the change in adult residents' rating of community cohesion measures.