Table 4
Uninsurance rates among workers 18–64 years old, by various characteristics, 2000–10
| Share uninsured | Percentage-point change | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2000–07 | 2007–10 | 2009–10 | 2000–10 | ||
| All workers | 15.0% | 17.5% | 19.5% | 19.5% | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | |
| Age | 18–24 | 24.3% | 26.5% | 28.5% | 26.7% | 2.2 | 0.2 | -1.8 | 2.4 |
| 25–34 | 18.7% | 22.4% | 25.4% | 25.5% | 3.7 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 6.8 | |
| 35–44 | 13.2% | 16.4% | 18.7% | 19.1% | 3.2 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 5.9 | |
| 45–54 | 9.7% | 13.3% | 14.9% | 15.3% | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 5.6 | |
| 55–64 | 9.6% | 10.3% | 11.7% | 12.5% | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 16.9% | 19.9% | 21.9% | 22.0% | 3.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| Female | 12.8% | 14.7% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | |
| Race | White, non-Hispanic | 10.4% | 12.2% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 19.9% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 25.2% | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 5.3 | |
| Hispanic | 36.1% | 38.9% | 41.9% | 40.1% | 2.8 | 1.2 | -1.8 | 4.0 | |
| Other | 18.8% | 18.2% | 18.6% | 20.9% | -0.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | |
| Nativity | Native born | 12.3% | 14.4% | 16.4% | 16.4% | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| Foreign born | 31.7% | 34.5% | 36.3% | 36.2% | 2.8 | 1.7 | -0.1 | 4.5 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 37.9% | 44.5% | 46.7% | 46.4% | 6.6 | 1.9 | -0.3 | 8.5 |
| High school | 17.9% | 23.0% | 25.8% | 25.9% | 5.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 8.0 | |
| Some college | 11.6% | 14.4% | 16.9% | 17.8% | 2.8 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 6.2 | |
| College | 6.8% | 8.0% | 9.9% | 10.0% | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 3.2 | |
| Post-college | 3.4% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | |
| Wage fifth* | Lowest | 31.1% | 34.1% | 37.8% | 37.7% | 3.0 | 3.5 | -0.1 | 6.6 |
| Second | 19.7% | 24.6% | 26.3% | 26.7% | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 7.0 | |
| Middle | 11.6% | 13.8% | 15.8% | 16.0% | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 4.5 | |
| Fourth | 7.1% | 8.5% | 9.9% | 9.8% | 1.4 | 1.3 | -0.1 | 2.7 | |
| Highest | 5.2% | 6.2% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | |
| Work time | Full-time | 14.3% | 16.5% | 17.5% | 17.5% | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| Part-time | 18.3% | 22.6% | 27.6% | 27.6% | 4.3 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | |
* For methodology in construction of wage fifths, see Gould (2010).
Source: Author’s analysis of microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement (U.S. Census Bureau various years)
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