Employer-provided health insurance and pension coverage, by race and ethnicity, 1979–2010

	1979	1989	1995	2000	2007	2010	Change 1979–2010
Pension coverage
White	52.2%	46.1%	49.5%	53.7%	50.3%	48.2%	-3.9
Black	45.8	40.7	42.6	41.3	39.1	37.7	-8.1
Hispanic	38.2	26.3	24.7	27.5	24.8	23.9	-14.3
Health insurance coverage
White	70.3%	64.0%	61.7%	62.7%	59.6%	57.8%	-12.5
Black	63.1	56.3	53.0	55.4	52.4	49.5	-13.6
Hispanic	60.4	46.0	42.1	41.8	37.3	36.3	-24.1

Note: Data are for 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

Underlying data are from Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata; see Appendix A for details.