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Share of private-sector workers with employer-provided health insurance, by race and ethnicity, 1979–2010

Note: Sample is of private-sector wage-and-salary earners age 18–64 who worked at least 20 hours per week and 26 weeks per year. Coverage is defined as being included in an employer-provided plan for which the employer paid for at least some of the coverage.
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata

Updated May 14, 2012
Documentation and methodology
See note to Table 4.10.