Table 2.13
Change in sources of comprehensive income, middle fifth of households, selected years, 1979–2007 (2011 dollars)
In-kind income | ||||||||||
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Income | Wages and imputed taxes | Capital income | Pensions and other income | Cash transfers | CPI-U-RS deflator* | CPI-MC* | ||||
Employer- sponsored insurance | Medicare and Medicaid | Other in-kind |
Employer- sponsored insurance |
Medicare and Medicaid | ||||||
1979 | $58,751 | $45,315 | $4,114 | $2,247 | $3,942 | $2,163 | $817 | $154 | $2,163 | $817 |
1989 | 59,724 | 41,605 | 5,198 | 3,692 | 5,058 | 2,358 | 1,722 | 90 | 1,757 | 1,283 |
1995 | 61,334 | 40,936 | 3,785 | 4,642 | 5,992 | 2,976 | 2,843 | 160 | 1,795 | 1,715 |
2000 | 65,637 | 43,654 | 4,347 | 5,667 | 6,034 | 2,568 | 3,242 | 125 | 1,470 | 1,855 |
2007 | 69,949 | 45,997 | 3,658 | 5,820 | 6,739 | 3,558 | 4,050 | 126 | 1,821 | 2,073 |
Share of income | ||||||||||
1979 | 100.0% | 77.1% | 7.0% | 3.8% | 6.7% | 3.7% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 3.7% | 1.4% |
1989 | 100.0 | 69.7 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
1995 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
2000 | 100.0 | 66.5 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
2007 | 100.0 | 65.8 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
Average annual change | ||||||||||
1979–1989 | 0.2% | -0.9% | 2.4% | 5.1% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 7.7% | -5.2% | -2.1% | 4.6% |
1989–1995 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -5.2 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
1995–2000 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 | -2.9 | 2.7 | -4.7 | -3.9 | 1.6 |
2000–2007 | 0.9 | 0.7 | -2.4 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
1979–2007 | 0.6 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 5.9 | -0.7 | -0.6 | 3.4 |
Total change in 2011 dollars | ||||||||||
1979–1989 | $972 | -$3,709 | $1,085 | $1,446 | $1,116 | $195 | $905 | -$64 | -$406 | $466 |
1989–1995 | 1,610 | -669 | -1,414 | 950 | 934 | 618 | 1,122 | 70 | 37 | 432 |
1995–2000 | 4,303 | 2,718 | 562 | 1,024 | 42 | -407 | 399 | -35 | -325 | 140 |
2000–2007 | 4,312 | 2,344 | -688 | 153 | 705 | 989 | 808 | 1 | 351 | 218 |
1979–2007 | 11,198 | 682 | -455 | 3,573 | 2,797 | 1,395 | 3,233 | -28 | -342 | 1,256 |
Share of total change | ||||||||||
1979–1989 | 100.0% | -381.5% | 111.5% | 148.6% | 114.8% | 20.0% | 93.0% | -6.6% | -41.7% | 47.9% |
1989–1995 | 100.0 | -41.6 | -87.8 | 59.0 | 58.0 | 38.4 | 69.6 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 26.8 |
1995–2000 | 100.0 | 63.2 | 13.1 | 23.8 | 1.0 | -9.5 | 9.3 | -0.8 | -7.6 | 3.3 |
2000–2007 | 100.0 | 54.4 | -16.0 | 3.6 | 16.3 | 22.9 | 18.7 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 5.0 |
1979–2007 | 100.0 | 6.1 | -4.1 | 31.9 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 28.9 | -0.2 | -3.1 | 11.2 |
* The last two columns deflate health care contributions by a medical care price deflator that accounts for faster growth in health care costs relative to other consumer goods.
Source: Authors' analysis of data from the Congressional Budget Office (2010a and 2010b)
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