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

Documentation and methodology

Table is based on tabulations of CPS-ASEC data samples of private wage-and-salary earners ages 18–64 who worked at least 20 hours per week and 26 weeks per year. This sample is chosen to focus on those with regular employment. Coverage is defined as being included in an employer-provided plan for which the employer paid for at least some of the coverage. As with other CPS microdata analyses presented in the book, race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, black non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race).