Table 4.10

Employer-provided health insurance coverage, by demographic and wage group, 1979–2010

Health insurance coverage (%) Change
Group* 1979 1989 1995 2000 2007 2010 1979–1989 1989–2000 2000–2007 2007–2010 1979–2010
All workers 69.0% 61.5% 58.5% 58.9% 55.0% 53.1% -7.4 -2.7 -3.9 -1.9 -15.9
Gender
Men 75.4% 66.8% 62.6% 63.2% 58.4% 55.8% -8.7 -3.6 -4.8 -2.6 -19.6
Women 59.4 54.9 53.3 53.6 51.8 49.9 -4.5 -1.3 -1.8 -1.9 -9.5
Race
White 70.3% 64.0% 61.7% 62.7% 59.6% 57.8% -6.3 -1.2 -3.2 -1.8 -12.5
Black 63.1 56.3 53.0 55.4 52.4 49.5 -6.8 -0.9 -3.0 -2.9 -13.6
Hispanic 60.4 46.0 42.1 41.8 37.3 36.3 -14.3 -4.3 -4.5 -1.0 -24.1
Education
High school 69.6% 61.2% 56.3% 56.2% 51.1% 47.9% -8.4 -5.0 -5.0 -3.2 -21.6
College 79.6 75.0 72.1 71.3 68.8 66.4 -4.6 -3.8 -2.5 -2.4 -13.3
Wage fifth
Bottom 37.9% 26.4% 26.0% 27.4% 24.3% 20.5% -11.5 1.0 -3.0 -3.8 -17.4
Second 60.5 51.7 49.5 50.9 45.9 43.6 -8.8 -0.8 -5.0 -2.3 -16.9
Middle 74.7 67.5 62.9 63.9 60.3 59.4 -7.2 -3.6 -3.6 -0.9 -15.3
Fourth 83.5 78.0 74.0 73.7 69.8 68.8 -5.5 -4.3 -3.9 -1.0 -14.6
Top 89.5 84.7 81.5 79.9 76.9 76.1 -4.7 -4.8 -3.0 -0.8 -13.4

* Private-sector wage and salary workers age 18–64 who worked at least 20 hours per week and 26 weeks per year

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

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