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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