Table 2
Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for workers 18–64 years old, by various characteristics, 2000–2012
| Share with ESI | Percentage-point change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2007 | 2011 | 2012 | 2000–2007 | 2007–2012 | 2011–2012 | 2000–2012 | |
| All workers | 75.8% | 71.6% | 68.2% | 67.7% | -4.2 | -3.9 | -0.6 | -8.1 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 74.8% | 69.9% | 67.2% | 66.6% | -4.9 | -3.3 | -0.6 | -8.2 |
| Female | 76.8% | 73.4% | 69.4% | 68.9% | -3.4 | -4.5 | -0.5 | -7.9 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 80.4% | 76.8% | 74.1% | 73.5% | -3.6 | -3.3 | -0.6 | -6.9 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 69.8% | 66.7% | 62.6% | 61.7% | -3.1 | -5.0 | -0.9 | -8.1 |
| Hispanic | 55.2% | 50.8% | 48.0% | 48.0% | -4.4 | -2.8 | 0.0 | -7.2 |
| Other | 72.0% | 70.4% | 66.8% | 67.8% | -1.6 | -2.6 | 1.0 | -4.2 |
| Nativity | ||||||||
| Native born | 78.3% | 74.6% | 71.4% | 70.6% | -3.7 | -4.0 | -0.8 | -7.7 |
| Foreign born | 60.4% | 54.9% | 52.2% | 52.5% | -5.5 | -2.4 | 0.3 | -7.9 |
| Education* | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 50.4% | 40.6% | 37.5% | 35.2% | -9.8 | -5.4 | -2.3 | -15.2 |
| High school | 73.2% | 66.2% | 61.5% | 60.2% | -7.0 | -6.0 | -1.3 | -13.0 |
| Some college | 77.7% | 73.2% | 68.0% | 67.3% | -4.5 | -5.9 | -0.8 | -10.4 |
| College | 85.9% | 83.1% | 80.0% | 79.8% | -2.8 | -3.3 | -0.1 | -6.0 |
| Post-college | 90.3% | 88.1% | 86.6% | 86.3% | -2.2 | -1.9 | -0.3 | -4.0 |
| Wage fifth** | ||||||||
| Lowest | 51.2% | 46.0% | 41.3% | 40.1% | -5.2 | -5.9 | -1.1 | -11.1 |
| Second | 70.2% | 63.2% | 57.9% | 57.8% | -6.9 | -5.4 | -0.1 | -12.3 |
| Middle | 81.6% | 78.0% | 74.5% | 73.7% | -3.6 | -4.3 | -0.8 | -7.9 |
| Fourth | 87.4% | 84.8% | 82.4% | 82.2% | -2.6 | -2.6 | -0.2 | -5.2 |
| Highest | 89.1% | 86.1% | 85.4% | 84.9% | -3.0 | -1.2 | -0.5 | -4.2 |
| Work time | ||||||||
| Full-time | 78.6% | 74.8% | 72.9% | 72.3% | -3.8 | -2.5 | -0.6 | -6.3 |
| Part-time | 61.6% | 55.5% | 49.1% | 48.5% | -6.1 | -7.0 | -0.6 | -13.1 |
* Education categories are mutually exclusive.
** For methodology of construction of wage fifths, see Gould (2010).
Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata
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