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2019 Community Wellbeing Index E F I L F Y O T Y I T U I Q L E A L S U IA C QQUALITY OFC LIFE I A PHHICS RRACIAL EQUITRA OG M Y DDEMOGRAE OM ON EECONOMYC FAIRFIELD COUNTY ATIIOON EEDUCATDUC Community LIIFEFE E XPPECTECTANCY HHEALTHEA LTH OOUTCOMES UTCO Wellbeing MES RRISKIS FACTORS CCOMMUNI K F O AC M TO M RS Index 2019 UN I PPARTICI T Y TRUST A T R R T U PPU I S U C T B IP LLI A I T C IIONO R N E A L M and a Community Health Indicators of social progress, economic opportunity, and population well-being for the towns served by Bridgeport Hospital, Danbury Hospital, in Fairfield County neighborhoodsIn partnership with Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, Needs Assessment Greenwich Hospital, Norwalk Hospital, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, and Stamford Hospital A CORE PROGRAM OF Thank you to our Major Funders 2018 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey Funders The Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index makes extensive use of the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey, which completed live, in-depth interviews with 16,043 randomly-selected adults in Connecticut last year. In addition to the major funders listed above, supporters of the interviews in Fairfield County included local public health departments serving the towns and cities of Stamford, Danbury, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Stratford, Trumbull, Monroe, Easton, Newtown, Bethel, and New Fairfield, as well as the Valley Community Foundation (serving Shelton) and Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation (serving Newtown). Lead Authors Mark Abraham, Executive Director, DataHaven Camille Seaberry, Senior Research Associate, DataHaven Co-Authors Josephine Ankrah, Alexandra Bourdillon, Kelly Davila, Emily Finn, Shaun McGann, Aparna Nathan, DataHaven Jessica Clavette, Volunteer, and Brian Slattery, Consultant Other Contributors Adhlere Coffy and Karen R. Brown, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Connecticut Hospital Association ChimeData Don Levy and Meghann Crawford, Siena College Research Institute John Kudos and Ashley Wu, Kudos Design Collaboratory™ Linda F Cantley and Deron Galusha, Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program Calvin Jahnke, Caleb Kassa, John Park, DataHaven Summer Interns, and Carole Bass, Consultant Please contact DataHaven for permission to reproduce any of the text, images, or graphics in this report. We strongly encourage requests from organizations that wish to use this information or conduct further analysis to benefit community action. Contact information is listed on the back of the report. Nothing in this report should be interpreted to represent the official views of any of the participating organizations. Abraham, M., Seaberry, C., Ankrah, J., Bourdillon, A., Davila, K., Finn, E., McGann, S., Nathan, A. (2019). Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2019. New Haven, CT: DataHaven. Available at ctdatahaven.org. © 2019 DataHaven y t i n l DATAHAVEN COMMUNI TY u a x e n m d o INDEX, PG 1 9 s m n I r o e g C P n n i & e e v b x l a l DATAHAVEN PERSONAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY e e H d a n WELLBEING INDEX, PG W I t a 21 D Community e y g m n o a n POPULATION CHANGE, PG 37 h o C c Wellbeing c E i h e INCOME AND POVERTY, PG 41 v p i a s r u g l o c HOUSING, PG 46 n m I e n Index 2019 D a & JOBS AND JOBS ACCESS, PG 49 Indicators of social progress, EDUCATION, PG 53 economic opportunity, and n io g population well-being in Fairfield e R r County neighborhoods e i CONNECTING HEALTH AND WEALTH, PG 71 th l ea H a g IN in FANT AND CHILD HEALTH, PG 73 at re C HE AL & TH RISK fe HEALTH OUTCOMES, PG 82 Li ure ivic ct C tru as F fr A In CT STEWARDSHIP OF THE PUBLIC REALM, PG 91 O RS COMMUNITY TRUST AND APPRECIATION, PG 96 , PG 75 P A RT CONCLUSION AND ENDNOTES, PG 102 I CIPATION IN PU B LIC L I FE , P G 9 8 Aerial panorama of Stamford, CT. Photo credit: Alexey Smolyanyy DataHaven Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 4 Visual Appendix 50 figures, 35 tables, 1 report — here’s a preview of what we learned about Fairfield County Follow the story and access resources at #CommunityIndex twitter ctdata facebook connecticutdata instagram ctdata globe ctdatahaven.org 5 CHAPTER 1 FIG 1.3 WHITE & ASIAN FIG 2.1 FC’S OLDER POP. IS FIG 2.5 FC IS HOME TO FIG 2.9 THE HIGHEST- RESIDENTS RANK WELL PROJECTED TO CONTINUE A LARGE IMMIGRANT EARNING 5% MAKE 15X MORE ABOVE BLACK & LATINO GROWING PG 24 COMMUNITY PG 26 MONEY THAN THE BOTTOM DataHaven RESIDENTS ON WELL-BEING 20% PG 29 Community MEASURES PG 15 Index & Personal Wellbeing Index FIG 2.6 MARRIED-COUPLE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE FIG 1.4 RESIDENTS ARE DECLINED SLIGHTLY PG 27 HAPPIER & HEALTHIER IN PLACES THAT SCORE HIGH ON COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AS WELL AS THOSE WITH FIG 2.10 FC HAS A WAGE GAP STRONG NEIGHBORHOOD BY BOTH GENDER & RACE ASSETS PG 16 & 17 PG 29 QUALITY OF LIFE DataHaven Community Index DataHaven Personal Wellbeing Index INCOME & POVERTY Median Income FIG 1.1 COMMUNITY Disparities WELL-BEING COMES FROM FIG 2.2 CHILDREN & YOUNGER Wage Gaps & Wealth Gaps A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ADULTS ARE MUCH MORE FACTORS PG 14 RACIALLY DIVERSE PG 25 Income Inequality Rising Low-Income Rate Financial Security FIG 2.11 FC’S MIDDLE CHAPTER 2 CLASS HAS SHRUNK DRASTICALLY PG 29 FIG 2.7 LOW-INCOME RATES Demographic ARE RISING, ESPECIALLY Change & AMONG CHILDREN PG 27 an Inclusive Economy FIG 2.3 THE REGION IS DIVERSIFYING, SOME PLACES MORE THAN OTHERS PG 25 FIG 2.8 FC HAS WIDE INCOME FIG 1.2 COMPARED TO THE DISPARITIES PG 28 U.S. & OTHER METROS, WELL-BEING IS HIGH BUT VARIED PG 15 POPULATION CHANGE FIG 2.4 IMMIGRANTS MAKE UP A GROWING SHARE OF A Growing Population THE REGION’S POP. PG 26 An Aging Region 84 Increased Diversity Changing Household 84 Structure 84 84 15 15 15 95 95 15 95 95 DataHaven Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 6 FIG 2.12 AVG INCOMES HAVE FIG 2.14 RENTER’S COST JOBS & JOBS ACCESS FIG 2.22 BLACK & SPECIAL CHAPTER 3 RISEN, BUT ONLY IN HIGH- BURDEN RATES HAVEN’T Regional Job EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE INCOME TOWNS PG 29 DECLINED POST-RECESSION & Wage Trends SUSPENDED FAR MORE Creating PG 31 Transportation OFTEN THAN OTHERS PG 34 & Job Locations A Healthier Underemployment Region FIG 2.19 FC PROVIDES BOTH JOBS & WORKERS TO THE SURROUNDING REGION PG 33 84 84 15 15 FIG 2.23 FC SCHOOLS HAVE WIDE ACHIEVEMENT 95 95 GAPS PG 35 CONNECTING HEALTH & WEALTH FIG 2.20 FC’S MANUFAC- FIG 2.15 THE AVG. RENTER’S Fairfield County’s TURING SECTOR HAS 19–year Difference INCOME IS $7K SHORT OF DECLINED, WHILE HEALTH in Life Expectancy AFFORDING A 2BR APT. PG 31 CARE & SOCIAL ASSISTANCE Leading Causes JOBS SOAR PG 34 of Death HOUSING Housing Stock FIG 3.1 LIFE EXPECTANCY Housing Affordability IN FC IS HIGH, BUT OFTEN FIG 2.24 SIX YEARS AFTER DIFFERS BY SEVERAL Housing GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, Discrimination YEARS BETWEEN ADJACENT ONLY 58% OF FC PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOODS PG 61 SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE PG 35 FIG 2.13 FC AVGS. VERY HIGH HOUSING VALUES, ESPECIALLY NEAR NYC PG 30 EDUCATION Early Childhood 84 K–12 & Postsecondary FIG 2.16 HOMEOWNERSHIP Education IS STILL LOW IN LOWER- Risk Factors for Youth FIG 2.25 FC RESIDENTS GRADE AREAS PG 31 HAVE VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS 15 84 OF WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE FIG 2.17 HIGH-GRADE AREAS EXPERIENCE PG 36 ARE STILL PREDOMINANTLY FIG 2.21 FC’S WEALTHIEST 95 WHITE PG 31 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE MUCH LESS DIVERSE THAN 15 THE LARGER CITIES PG 34 95 FIG 3.2 CANCERS & INFANT/ FETAL MORTALITY IMPACT FC’S LIFESPANS THE MOST PG 62 FIG 2.18 THE PATTERNS IN 1930S REDLINING MAPS ARE STILL PRESENT TODAY PG 32 FIG 2.26 WHITE CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME HOMES IN FC CAN EXPECT GREATER UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY THAN BLACK CHILDREN FROM HIGH- INCOME HOMES PG 36 7 INFANT & FIG 3.5 PREVENTABLE FIG 3.8 NEARLY HALF OF FIG 3.12 BLACK, LATINO, FIG 4.2 IN TOWNS W/ MORE CHILD HEALTH HOSPITAL VISITS SHOW ALL ADULTS SAY YOUTH & LOWER-INCOME ADULTS SURPLUS MONEY, RESIDENTS Healthy Birth LARGE DIFFERENCES ACROSS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DRUG DISPROPORTIONATELY RATE NEIGHBORHOOD Outcomes AGE & GENDER PG 65 & ALCOHOL ABUSE IS A EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE ASSETS & FACILITIES MORE Environmental Threats TOSS-UP PG 68 ENCOUNTERS WITH POLICE HIGHLY PG 89 PG 70 HEALTH RISK FACTORS Inadequate Access to Health & Dental Care Experiences of Discrimination Adverse Childhood Experiences Nutrition, Physical FIG 4.3 TOWNS THAT SPEND CHAPTER 4 Activity, & MORE ON THEIR LIBRARIES Substance Use SEE GREATER LIBRARY USE The Opioid Crisis Civic Life PG 89 & Infra- FIG 3.6 GROWING INEQUALITY structure HEALTH OUTCOMES IN RATES OF HOSPITAL Early Onset of ENCOUNTERS PG 66 Chronic Diseases Mental Health FIG 3.9 OVERDOSE DEATH Injuries RATES HAVE SKYROCKETED Infectious Diseases OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS PG 69 FIG 3.3 RATES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS & ED VISITS VARY BY GEOGRAPHY PG 63 400 750 1100 1450 1800 S TEWARDSHIP OF THE PUBLIC REALM Investment in 50 250 450 650 850 50 105 160 215 270 325 FIG 3.10 FENTANYL’S Public Resources STEEP RISE HAS ECLIPSED Perceived Access to & DECREASING OVERDOSE Quality Of Community RATES FROM OTHER DRUGS Resources FIG 3.7 GROWING INEQUALITY PG 69 Public Libraries IN RATES OF HOSPITAL Climate Stewardship ENCOUNTERS PG 67 COMMUNITY TRUST & APPRECIATION Local News Coverage FIG 4.1 WEALTHIER TOWNS NET MORE MONEY FROM PROPERTY VALUES & SPEND MORE MONEY ON PARTICIPATION IN 50 150 250 350 25 75 125 175 225 275 EDUCATION PG 88 PUBLIC LIFE FIG 3.4 PREVENTABLE FIG 3.11 RESIDENTS OFTEN Volunteering HOSPITAL VISITS SHOW SEE THEIR RACE AS MAJOR Arts & Culture LARGE DIFFERENCES ACROSS REASON FOR DISCRIMINATION Voting AGE & GENDER PG 64 84 84 IN MULTIPLE AREAS OF THEIR 84 84 84 84 84 84 Community Design 25 LIVES PG 70 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 25 50 75 FIG 4.4 VOTER TURNOUT IS HIGH FOR NATIONAL & 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 STATE ELECTIONS, BUT MUCH LOWER IN MUNICIPAL 15 15 15 15 15 15 PG 90 15 15 ONES 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 INTRODUCTION What matters more, having a job or having food on your plate? Can money really buy happiness? Is it really true that if you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything? Introduction 9 As federal, Understanding what people need across our regions and neighborhoods helps answer these questions.
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