Table 2

Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for workers 18–64 years old, by various characteristics, 2000–2011

Share with ESI Percentage-point change
2000 2007 2010 2011 2000–2007 2007–2011 2010–2011 2000–2011
All workers 75.8% 71.6% 68.5% 68.2% -4.2 -3.4 -0.3 -7.6
Gender
Male 74.8% 69.9% 67.1% 67.2% -4.9 -2.7 0.1 -7.6
Female 76.8% 73.4% 70.1% 69.4% -3.4 -4.0 -0.7 -7.4
Race
White, non-Hispanic 80.4% 76.8% 74.2% 74.1% -3.6 -2.7 -0.1 -6.3
Black, non-Hispanic 69.8% 66.7% 61.4% 62.6% -3.1 -4.1 1.2 -7.2
Hispanic 55.2% 50.8% 48.9% 48.0% -4.4 -2.8 -0.9 -7.2
Other 72.0% 70.4% 67.0% 66.8% -1.6 -3.6 -0.2 -5.2
Nativity
Native born 78.3% 74.6% 71.4% 71.4% -3.7 -3.2 -0.1 -6.9
Foreign born 60.4% 54.9% 53.3% 52.2% -5.5 -2.7 -1.2 -8.2
Education
High school 73.2% 66.2% 61.8% 61.5% -7.0 -4.7 -0.3 -11.7
College 85.9% 83.1% 80.0% 80.0% -2.8 -3.1 0.0 -5.9
Wage fifth*
Bottom 51.2% 46.0% 40.9% 41.3% -5.2 -4.8 0.4 -10.0
Second 70.2% 63.2% 59.4% 57.9% -6.9 -5.3 -1.4 -12.2
Middle 81.6% 78.0% 74.8% 74.5% -3.6 -3.5 -0.3 -7.1
Fourth 87.4% 84.8% 82.7% 82.4% -2.6 -2.4 -0.3 -5.0
Top 89.1% 86.1% 85.1% 85.4% -3.0 -0.7 0.3 -3.7
Work time
Full-time 78.6% 74.8% 73.2% 72.9% -3.8 -1.9 -0.4 -5.7
Part-time 61.6% 55.5% 49.3% 49.1% -6.1 -6.4 -0.2 -12.5

* For methodology of construction of wage fifths, see Gould (2010).

Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata

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