Health care benefits: Access, participation, and take-up rates Data Table

Employee Benefits Survey

ANNUAL BULLETIN ON BENEFIT COVERAGE

Health care benefits: Access, participation, and take-up rates Data Table

Table 9. Health care benefits: Access, participation, and take-up rates,1 civilian workers,2 National Compensation Survey, March 2009
(All workers = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Medical care			Dental care			Vision care			Outpatient prescription drug coverage
Characteristics	Access	Participation	Take-up rate	Access	Participation	Take-up rate	Access	Participation	Take-up rate	Access	Participation	Take-up rate
All workers	74	56	76	48	38	79	29	22	77	72	54	75
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	87	69	80	59	49	83	36	29	79	85	68	79
Management, business, and financial	94	76	81	66	56	85	38	31	81	92	75	81
Professional and related	84	67	79	56	46	83	36	28	78	83	65	79
Teachers	84	67	80	50	43	85	32	26	81	83	66	80
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	92	73	80	55	47	85	34	27	80	89	71	80
Registered nurses	78	60	77	57	45	78	30	23	75	76	59	77
Service	51	35	69	32	24	75	20	14	71	50	34	69
Protective service	75	60	80	44	37	84	31	24	76	73	58	80
Sales and office	73	53	72	48	36	75	25	19	75	71	51	72
Sales and related	63	41	65	41	28	67	21	15	71	61	40	65
Office and administrative support	79	59	75	52	41	79	28	22	77	77	58	75
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	78	63	81	46	39	86	32	26	82	75	61	80
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry	73	59	82	40	35	87	27	23	84	69	56	81
Installation, maintenance, and repair	85	68	80	52	44	85	37	30	81	82	65	79
Production, transportation, and material moving	77	59	76	50	39	79	30	24	78	75	57	76
Production	82	66	81	53	44	83	31	25	81	79	63	80
Transportation and material moving	72	52	71	46	34	74	30	22	76	71	50	71
Full time	88	68	77	57	46	81	34	27	78	86	66	77
Part time	24	14	58	16	10	65	10	7	67	23	14	58
Union	92	78	84	70	61	87	53	45	85	90	76	84
Nonunion	70	51	73	44	34	77	24	18	74	68	50	73
Wage percentiles:3
Lowest 10 percent	26	13	51	14	9	63	10	6	60	24	13	51
Lowest 25 percent	42	25	59	23	15	65	13	8	64	40	24	59
Second 25 percent	79	58	74	49	37	76	27	20	75	76	56	74
Third 25 percent	87	69	80	56	46	83	34	28	80	84	67	79
Highest 25 percent	92	74	81	66	56	85	42	34	81	90	73	81
Highest 10 percent	92	75	81	70	59	85	44	36	81	91	73	81
Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries	85	70	82	56	47	85	33	27	84	82	67	82
Service-providing industries	71	53	74	46	36	78	28	21	76	70	52	74
Education and health services	80	61	76	49	39	80	29	22	76	79	60	76
Educational services	86	70	81	50	42	84	32	26	80	85	68	80
Elementary and secondary schools	88	70	80	50	42	84	33	26	80	87	69	80
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	87	73	83	55	46	84	34	27	80	87	72	83
Health care and social assistance	76	55	72	49	37	77	27	20	73	74	53	72
Hospitals	88	69	79	69	55	79	40	31	76	86	67	78
Public administration	88	76	86	59	51	86	43	35	80	87	75	86
1 to 99 workers	60	43	72	31	24	78	18	14	74	58	42	72
1 to 49 workers	56	40	72	27	21	77	15	11	74	54	39	72
50 to 99 workers	72	53	73	41	32	79	27	20	73	69	51	73
100 workers or more	86	66	77	62	50	80	38	30	78	84	65	77
100 to 499 workers	81	61	75	57	44	77	31	25	79	79	59	74
500 workers or more	89	71	80	67	55	83	43	34	78	88	70	80
Geographic areas
New England	72	53	73	51	41	80	22	17	76	70	51	73
Middle Atlantic	75	59	79	50	40	81	34	28	81	72	56	79
East North Central	73	54	74	48	37	79	26	20	75	72	53	74
West North Central	71	54	77	46	37	81	19	15	81	69	53	76
South Atlantic	75	55	74	44	34	76	28	19	68	73	54	73
East South Central	78	60	78	45	35	77	–	–	–	76	58	77
West South Central	70	52	74	36	27	75	18	14	75	68	50	74
Mountain	72	51	71	47	38	80	27	21	79	70	50	71
Pacific	75	59	79	59	49	83	43	35	81	72	57	79
Footnotes:
1The take-up rate is an estimate of the percentage of workers with access to a plan who participate in the plan, rounded for presentation. See Technical Note for more details. 2Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note for further explanation. NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20082009.htm.