Covid-19 has revealed the inequities and injustices that perpetuate the systems in Connecticut. This blog post highlights the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on women and girls (particularly, women and girls of color). We urge policymakers, government officials, philanthropists, non-profit service providers, corporations, and community members to use this information to work towards equity through relief and recovery efforts.
Read MorePlease join us for a special event this Thursday, January 28 at 9:00 am to learn more about the Essential Equity report just released. The event is hosted by the Aurora Foundation, Connecticut Collective for Women & Girls, and CTData.
Read MoreIf you use census data, read more below about an important update that will impact the future of your data work in Connecticut.
Read MoreIf you use census data, stay tuned for an important update that will impact the future of your data work in Connecticut.
The State of Connecticut requested and the Census Bureau proposed the appointment of the state’s nine Councils of Governments (COGs) as the “county-equivalent geographic unit for purposes of collecting, tabulating, and disseminating statistical data.” The change is set to be implemented in 2023.
Read MoreAre you as excited as we are about the newly released ACS 2015-2019 data?
Read MoreHow has Connecticut changed in the last five years? According to our analysis on the newly released 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total population of Connecticut has declined slightly. However, the share of the population that identifies as a person of color has increased by 3%, and the share of the population that has health insurance has increased as well.
Read MoreDid you know that Connecticut has a State Data Plan? On a basic level, the State Data Plan helps ensure that the public has access to a growing number of data collected through the business of the state. You may even use data made available through this plan without realizing it. Or you may be contributing data as part of your work for the state that we can all utilize because of the Plan.
Read MoreYes, we love numbers, but we're particularly excited to share this report from the CTData Virtual Conference 2020. This past Monday and Tuesday (November 9 and 10, 2020), people from across the state and country convened for “Data For Everybody: Ethical Practices, Equitable Solutions.” This conference explored the intersection of data and equity and how data people can support equity in their work.
Read MoreWe are excited to announce that through a collaboration with the Partnership for Strong Communities (PSC), the 2020 PSC Housing Data Profiles are now available. The Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData) along with David Keyes from R for the Rest of Us and Thomas Vroylandt from Tillac helped to realize the new vision for the PSC profiles.
Read MoreAs communities and businesses across Connecticut continue their ongoing battle with the Covid-19 pandemic, an initial look at excess deaths underscores the destruction this public health crisis has left in its wake. Excess deaths are deaths that occurred above and beyond what would be expected in an average year. In other words, the number of excess deaths is a measure of the temporary increase in the mortality rate of a population. To understand the relationship between Covid-19 and excess deaths, we compared the actual death toll in 2020 to the average of death tolls from the past 5 years, using data from the CT Department of Public Health (CT DPH). To learn more, continue reading or download a pdf version of our findings.
Read MoreThis year’s conference explores the intersection of equity and ethics in data to help data users in Connecticut integrate these principles and practices into our daily data work.
Read MoreOur new Covid-19 Dashboard is now live, updated with a cleaner interface and new visualizations! The visualizations in our previous dashboard were both important and relevant in the early months of the pandemic, and, while they remain important, they are becoming less relevant in today’s conversations. We designed this dashboard to align with evolving data needs as the pandemic continues.
Read MoreThe availability of Covid-19 data can vary by location, demographics, and capacity. A Google search can quickly provide information like the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths at the local, state, and national levels, and also economic numbers like unemployment rates and job loss. But when it comes to understanding how the virus might impact different communities, that information can be harder to find because sometimes it’s not being collected or publicly disseminated.
Read MoreAs we’ve spoken with people during the last couple of months about census outreach, one theme has become clear: many people still have hesitations about completing their 2020 Census questionnaires. Reasons include not realizing that the census brings funding to their community, feeling doubtful that funding would be distributed, or reluctance to provide personal information to the federal government.
Read MoreCovid-19. Pandemic. Stimulus payment. Unemployment. Reopening.
These are some of the phrases echoed throughout conversations with friends, family, colleagues, doctors, scientists, and government officials since March. Our knowledge regarding Covid-19 has evolved over the past five months, yet uncertainty continues to linger.
Read MoreA lot is going on in our lives right now, but we hope you will take 5 minutes to join us to support a fair and accurate census count. Like you, we at CTData care about an accurate count in Census 2020. There is funding, representation, and data at stake. We are concerned that the U.S. Census Bureau has recently shortened the timeline for the decennial count and that Congress isn’t funding census operations at a level that meets the needs in Connecticut and other states.
We’re excited to share some good news during these challenging times! CTData received the 2020 Connecticut Entrepreneur Award for Education, earning the top spot in community voting for this category.
Read MoreTurn on any news outlet and data privacy and accuracy sit at the forefront of the conversation. No organization is too small or too large to outwit potential privacy breaches, not even the federal government.
Read MoreHealth care, the economy, major events, our day-to-day lives—Covid-19 has spared nothing on its path of disruption. Even the census had to adjust its 230-year-old process to prioritize the health and safety of census takers (workers) and respondents.
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