Table 2
Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage for workers 18–64 years old, by various characteristics, 2000–10
| Share with ESI | Percentage-point change | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2000–07 | 2007–10 | 2009–10 | 2000–10 | ||
| All workers | 75.8% | 71.6% | 68.7% | 68.5% | -4.2 | -3.1 | -0.2 | -7.3 | |
| Gender | Male | 74.8% | 69.9% | 66.9% | 66.9% | -4.9 | -3.0 | 0.0 | -7.9 |
| Female | 76.8% | 73.4% | 70.7% | 70.2% | -3.4 | -3.2 | -0.5 | -6.6 | |
| Race | White, non-Hispanic | 80.4% | 76.8% | 74.2% | 74.1% | -3.6 | -2.7 | -0.1 | -6.3 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 69.8% | 66.7% | 62.9% | 61.2% | -3.1 | -5.5 | -1.7 | -8.6 | |
| Hispanic | 55.2% | 50.8% | 47.2% | 48.6% | -4.4 | -2.2 | 1.4 | -6.6 | |
| Other | 72.0% | 70.4% | 68.8% | 67.1% | -1.6 | -3.3 | -1.7 | -4.9 | |
| Nativity | Native born | 78.3% | 74.6% | 71.7% | 71.4% | -3.7 | -3.2 | -0.3 | -6.9 |
| Foreign born | 60.4% | 54.9% | 52.4% | 53.0% | -5.5 | -1.9 | 0.6 | -7.4 | |
| Education | High school | 73.2% | 66.2% | 62.1% | 61.8% | -7.0 | -4.4 | -0.3 | -11.4 |
| College | 85.9% | 83.1% | 80.6% | 80.0% | -2.8 | -3.1 | -0.6 | -5.9 | |
| Wage fifth* | Lowest | 51.2% | 46.0% | 40.8% | 41.0% | -5.2 | -5.1 | 0.1 | -10.3 |
| Second | 70.2% | 63.2% | 60.1% | 59.4% | -6.9 | -3.9 | -0.8 | -10.8 | |
| Middle | 81.6% | 78.0% | 75.2% | 74.8% | -3.6 | -3.3 | -0.5 | -6.9 | |
| Fourth | 87.4% | 84.8% | 82.7% | 82.7% | -2.6 | -2.2 | 0.0 | -4.8 | |
| Highest | 89.1% | 86.1% | 85.2% | 85.1% | -3.0 | -1.0 | -0.1 | -4.0 | |
| Work time | Full-time | 78.6% | 74.8% | 73.4% | 73.2% | -3.8 | -1.6 | -0.2 | -5.4 |
| Part-time | 61.6% | 55.5% | 49.6% | 49.3% | -6.1 | -6.2 | -0.3 | -12.3 | |
* For methodology in construction of wage fifths, see Gould (2010).
Source: Author’s analysis of microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement (U.S. Census Bureau various years)
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