Table 6
Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for population under age 18, by various characteristics, 2000–2011
| Share with ESI | Percentage-point change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2007 | 2010 | 2011 | 2000–2007 | 2007–2011 | 2010–2011 | 2000–2011 | |
| All under 18 | 66.7% | 59.8% | 54.8% | 54.7% | -6.9 | -5.1 | -0.1 | -12.0 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 76.8% | 71.1% | 67.3% | 67.0% | -5.7 | -4.1 | -0.3 | -9.8 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 52.6% | 46.3% | 38.6% | 40.1% | -6.3 | -6.2 | 1.5 | -12.5 |
| Hispanic | 44.0% | 38.2% | 35.5% | 35.3% | -5.8 | -2.9 | -0.2 | -8.7 |
| Other | 65.9% | 61.2% | 56.2% | 56.3% | -4.7 | -4.9 | 0.1 | -9.6 |
| Nativity | ||||||||
| Native born | 67.7% | 60.6% | 55.5% | 55.3% | -7.1 | -5.3 | -0.2 | -12.4 |
| Foreign born | 46.3% | 39.6% | 37.4% | 39.2% | -6.7 | -0.4 | 1.9 | -7.1 |
| Education of family head | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 35.5% | 23.2% | 20.6% | 18.8% | -12.3 | -4.4 | -1.8 | -16.7 |
| High school | 64.4% | 52.2% | 44.9% | 44.2% | -12.2 | -8.0 | -0.7 | -20.2 |
| Some college | 74.2% | 66.0% | 58.1% | 56.9% | -8.2 | -9.1 | -1.2 | -17.3 |
| College | 85.9% | 82.2% | 79.5% | 79.2% | -3.7 | -3.0 | -0.2 | -6.7 |
| Post-college | 88.0% | 86.3% | 84.3% | 85.9% | -1.7 | -0.4 | 1.5 | -2.1 |
| Family income fifth | ||||||||
| Bottom | 25.1% | 17.2% | 13.4% | 13.5% | -7.9 | -3.7 | 0.2 | -11.6 |
| Second | 56.0% | 42.5% | 33.7% | 32.4% | -13.5 | -10.1 | -1.3 | -23.6 |
| Middle | 75.8% | 68.4% | 60.7% | 59.6% | -7.4 | -8.8 | -1.2 | -16.2 |
| Fourth | 87.1% | 82.7% | 80.5% | 80.0% | -4.4 | -2.7 | -0.4 | -7.1 |
| Top | 89.8% | 88.2% | 85.8% | 88.5% | -1.6 | 0.3 | 2.6 | -1.3 |
Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata
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