Table 4.10
Employer-provided health insurance coverage, by demographic and wage group, 1979–2010
| Health insurance coverage (%) | Change | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group* | 1979 | 1989 | 1995 | 2000 | 2007 | 2010 | 1979–1989 | 1989–2000 | 2000–2007 | 2007–2010 | 1979–2010 |
| All workers | 69.0% | 61.5% | 58.5% | 58.9% | 55.0% | 53.1% | -7.4 | -2.7 | -3.9 | -1.9 | -15.9 |
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Men | 75.4% | 66.8% | 62.6% | 63.2% | 58.4% | 55.8% | -8.7 | -3.6 | -4.8 | -2.6 | -19.6 |
| Women | 59.4 | 54.9 | 53.3 | 53.6 | 51.8 | 49.9 | -4.5 | -1.3 | -1.8 | -1.9 | -9.5 |
| Race | |||||||||||
| White | 70.3% | 64.0% | 61.7% | 62.7% | 59.6% | 57.8% | -6.3 | -1.2 | -3.2 | -1.8 | -12.5 |
| Black | 63.1 | 56.3 | 53.0 | 55.4 | 52.4 | 49.5 | -6.8 | -0.9 | -3.0 | -2.9 | -13.6 |
| Hispanic | 60.4 | 46.0 | 42.1 | 41.8 | 37.3 | 36.3 | -14.3 | -4.3 | -4.5 | -1.0 | -24.1 |
| Education | |||||||||||
| High school | 69.6% | 61.2% | 56.3% | 56.2% | 51.1% | 47.9% | -8.4 | -5.0 | -5.0 | -3.2 | -21.6 |
| College | 79.6 | 75.0 | 72.1 | 71.3 | 68.8 | 66.4 | -4.6 | -3.8 | -2.5 | -2.4 | -13.3 |
| Wage fifth | |||||||||||
| Bottom | 37.9% | 26.4% | 26.0% | 27.4% | 24.3% | 20.5% | -11.5 | 1.0 | -3.0 | -3.8 | -17.4 |
| Second | 60.5 | 51.7 | 49.5 | 50.9 | 45.9 | 43.6 | -8.8 | -0.8 | -5.0 | -2.3 | -16.9 |
| Middle | 74.7 | 67.5 | 62.9 | 63.9 | 60.3 | 59.4 | -7.2 | -3.6 | -3.6 | -0.9 | -15.3 |
| Fourth | 83.5 | 78.0 | 74.0 | 73.7 | 69.8 | 68.8 | -5.5 | -4.3 | -3.9 | -1.0 | -14.6 |
| Top | 89.5 | 84.7 | 81.5 | 79.9 | 76.9 | 76.1 | -4.7 | -4.8 | -3.0 | -0.8 | -13.4 |
* Private-sector wage and salary workers age 18–64 who worked at least 20 hours per week and 26 weeks per year
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata
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