Employer-provided health and pension coverage, 1979–2010
| Health coverage* | Pension coverage* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | Michigan | U.S. | Michigan | |
| 1979–1981 | 69.9% | 75.4% | 49.8% | 59.7% |
| 2005–2007 | 55.2 | 58.7 | 43.6 | 49.8 |
| 2008–2010 | 54.0 | 54.8 | 43.6 | 48.9 |
| Change, 1979–1981 to 2008–2010 | -15.9 | -20.6 | -6.3 | -10.8 |
* Private-sector wage and salary workers age 18–64 who worked at least 20 hours per week and 26 weeks per year
Table 1. Employer-provided health and pension coverage, 1979–2010. This table presents percentages of the workforce that have health insurance and pensions provided by their employer where the employer pays for at least some part of the coverage. The data presented are averages over three years in order to have a sufficient sample size for Michigan. Data are tabulations of the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata for private-sector wage and salary workers age 18–64 who worked at least 20 hours per week and 26 weeks per year.
Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata
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