Table 4
Share of workers 18–64 years old without health insurance, by various characteristics, 2000–2012
| Share uninsured | Percentage-point change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2007 | 2011 | 2012 | 2000–2007 | 2007–2012 | 2011–2012 | 2000–2012 | |
| All workers | 15.0% | 17.5% | 19.3% | 19.5% | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 24.3% | 26.5% | 25.1% | 25.7% | 2.2 | -0.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 25–34 | 18.7% | 22.4% | 25.3% | 25.1% | 3.7 | 2.7 | -0.3 | 6.4 |
| 35–44 | 13.2% | 16.4% | 18.8% | 19.0% | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| 45–54 | 9.7% | 13.3% | 15.7% | 16.1% | 3.6 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 6.4 |
| 55–64 | 9.6% | 10.3% | 12.9% | 12.7% | 0.7 | 2.4 | -0.3 | 3.1 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 16.9% | 19.9% | 21.4% | 21.7% | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| Female | 12.8% | 14.7% | 17.1% | 17.0% | 1.9 | 2.3 | -0.1 | 4.2 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 10.4% | 12.2% | 13.7% | 13.9% | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 19.9% | 22.0% | 23.8% | 24.2% | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| Hispanic | 36.1% | 38.9% | 39.9% | 39.4% | 2.8 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 3.3 |
| Other | 18.8% | 18.2% | 20.0% | 18.3% | -0.6 | 0.1 | -1.8 | -0.5 |
| Nativity | ||||||||
| Native born | 12.3% | 14.4% | 16.1% | 16.3% | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Foreign born | 31.7% | 34.5% | 36.0% | 35.4% | 2.8 | 0.9 | -0.6 | 3.7 |
| Education* | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 37.9% | 44.5% | 45.9% | 48.3% | 6.6 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 10.4 |
| High school | 17.9% | 23.0% | 25.6% | 26.2% | 5.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| Some college | 11.6% | 14.4% | 17.8% | 17.9% | 2.8 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| College | 6.8% | 8.0% | 9.9% | 9.7% | 1.2 | 1.7 | -0.2 | 2.9 |
| Post-college | 3.4% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 6.0% | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| Wage fifth** | ||||||||
| Lowest | 31.1% | 34.1% | 36.7% | 36.9% | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Second | 19.7% | 24.6% | 27.1% | 26.8% | 4.9 | 2.1 | -0.4 | 7.1 |
| Middle | 11.6% | 13.8% | 15.6% | 16.2% | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Fourth | 7.1% | 8.5% | 10.1% | 10.0% | 1.4 | 1.5 | -0.1 | 2.9 |
| Highest | 5.2% | 6.2% | 6.9% | 7.3% | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| Work time | ||||||||
| Full-time | 14.3% | 16.5% | 17.3% | 17.6% | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Part-time | 18.3% | 22.6% | 27.5% | 27.0% | 4.3 | 4.4 | -0.5 | 8.7 |
* 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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