SWA2014-Wages | Table 4.11 | Employer-provided pension coverage, by demographic and wage group, 1979–2010
| Pension coverage (%) | Change | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group* | 1979 | 1989 | 1995 | 2000 | 2007 | 2010 | 1979–1989 | 1989–2000 | 2000–2007 | 2007–2010 | 1979–2010 |
| All workers | 50.6% | 43.7% | 45.8% | 48.3% | 44.6% | 42.8% | -7.0 | 4.6 | -3.7 | -1.8 | -7.8 |
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Men | 56.9% | 46.9% | 48.6% | 50.3% | 45.4% | 43.6% | -10.1 | 3.4 | -4.9 | -1.8 | -13.3 |
| Women | 41.3 | 39.6 | 42.5 | 45.8 | 43.6 | 41.9 | -1.7 | 6.2 | -2.2 | -1.7 | 0.6 |
| Race | |||||||||||
| White | 52.2% | 46.1% | 49.5% | 53.7% | 50.3% | 48.2% | -6.1 | 7.6 | -3.4 | -2.1 | -3.9 |
| Black | 45.8 | 40.7 | 42.6 | 41.3 | 39.1 | 37.7 | -5.1 | 0.7 | -2.2 | -1.4 | -8.1 |
| Hispanic | 38.2 | 26.3 | 24.7 | 27.5 | 24.8 | 23.9 | -11.9 | 1.2 | -2.6 | -0.9 | -14.3 |
| Education | |||||||||||
| High school | 51.2% | 42.9% | 43.2% | 43.8% | 38.8% | 36.3% | -8.3 | 0.9 | -5.0 | -2.5 | -14.9 |
| College | 61.0 | 55.4 | 58.8 | 63.7 | 58.2 | 56.1 | -5.6 | 8.3 | -5.4 | -2.2 | -4.9 |
| Wage fifth | |||||||||||
| Bottom | 18.4% | 12.7% | 13.7% | 16.3% | 14.1% | 13.7% | -5.7 | 3.6 | -2.2 | -0.4 | -4.7 |
| Second | 36.8 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 35.8 | 31.6 | 31.6 | -7.7 | 6.8 | -4.3 | 0.0 | -5.2 |
| Middle | 52.3 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 50.9 | 47.6 | 46.2 | -7.8 | 6.4 | -3.3 | -1.4 | -6.2 |
| Fourth | 68.4 | 60.0 | 63.2 | 64.8 | 59.9 | 57.2 | -8.3 | 4.8 | -5.0 | -2.6 | -11.1 |
| Top | 78.5 | 72.8 | 74.8 | 74.8 | 69.9 | 67.9 | -5.8 | 2.1 | -4.9 | -2.0 | -10.7 |
* 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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