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 2010
(All workers = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Health care3			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	Access	Participation	Take-up rate
All workers	74	60	81	73	55	75	47	38	80	28	22	78	72	54	75
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	88	75	85	88	68	78	59	49	83	36	28	79	86	67	78
Management, business, and financial	95	81	86	94	74	79	67	55	82	39	31	80	93	73	78
Professional and related	86	73	85	85	66	78	56	46	83	35	27	79	84	65	78
Teachers	84	73	86	84	67	80	50	42	85	32	26	82	83	66	80
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	92	79	86	92	73	80	55	47	85	34	29	84	90	72	80
Registered nurses	82	68	84	81	62	76	60	48	81	30	22	75	79	60	76
Service	51	37	73	50	34	67	31	23	73	19	14	71	49	33	67
Protective service	73	63	86	73	59	81	46	38	82	31	24	79	72	58	80
Sales and office	74	58	79	73	52	71	47	36	77	25	19	77	72	51	71
Sales and related	64	47	73	64	41	65	40	28	72	20	15	74	62	40	65
Office and administrative support	80	65	81	79	59	74	52	41	79	28	22	78	77	57	74
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	79	66	84	78	62	79	46	39	85	32	26	81	76	60	79
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry	73	60	83	72	58	80	39	33	85	28	24	85	70	56	80
Installation, maintenance, and repair	85	72	84	84	66	78	53	45	84	36	28	78	83	65	78
Production, transportation, and material moving	77	63	82	76	59	77	49	39	80	30	24	80	75	58	77
Production	82	69	85	81	65	80	51	42	83	30	24	81	79	64	80
Transportation and material moving	72	57	79	72	53	74	46	36	77	29	23	79	70	52	74
Full time	89	73	82	88	67	76	57	46	80	34	27	78	87	66	76
Part time	25	16	65	24	14	59	15	11	71	9	7	70	24	14	59
Union	94	84	90	93	78	84	71	62	87	53	45	85	91	76	84
Nonunion	70	55	79	70	50	72	43	33	77	23	18	75	68	49	72
Average wage within the following categories:3
Lowest 25 percent	41	27	66	41	25	60	21	14	67	12	8	68	40	24	60
Lowest 10 percent	25	15	59	25	13	54	13	8	58	8	5	62	24	13	54
Second 25 percent	79	61	78	78	56	72	48	37	77	26	19	75	76	55	72
Third 25 percent	88	75	85	88	70	79	58	47	82	35	28	80	86	68	79
Highest 25 percent	93	81	88	92	74	80	66	56	85	43	35	81	91	73	80
Highest 10 percent	94	83	88	94	75	80	71	60	85	45	36	81	93	74	80
Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries	86	73	86	85	69	81	55	47	85	34	28	83	83	67	81
Service-providing industries	72	58	80	71	52	73	46	36	79	27	21	77	70	51	73
Education and health services	81	65	81	80	60	75	49	40	81	29	22	77	79	59	75
Educational services	86	74	86	86	68	80	50	42	84	32	26	80	84	67	79
Elementary and secondary schools	88	75	85	88	69	79	50	42	85	32	26	82	86	68	78
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	88	78	89	87	72	83	56	46	83	35	27	76	87	72	83
Health care and social assistance	77	59	77	76	54	71	48	37	78	26	19	74	74	53	71
Hospitals	89	77	86	88	69	78	70	56	79	39	29	75	87	67	77
Public administration	88	80	90	88	75	84	59	50	86	43	34	79	87	74	84
1 to 99 workers	60	45	76	60	43	71	30	23	77	18	14	76	58	41	71
1 to 49 workers	56	42	75	56	39	71	27	21	77	16	12	77	54	38	71
50 to 99 workers	72	55	77	71	52	73	41	32	77	26	19	73	69	50	73
100 workers or more	86	73	84	86	66	77	62	50	81	37	29	79	84	64	76
100 to 499 workers	83	67	81	82	60	74	56	44	79	30	24	79	81	59	73
500 workers or more	90	79	88	89	71	79	68	56	82	43	34	79	88	70	79
Geographic areas
New England	72	60	83	71	52	73	50	41	81	21	17	80	70	51	72
Middle Atlantic	74	61	83	74	57	78	48	39	81	33	26	81	72	56	78
East North Central	73	59	81	73	54	75	48	38	79	26	20	76	72	53	74
West North Central	72	59	81	72	54	76	46	38	82	17	14	79	71	53	76
South Atlantic	75	58	78	75	53	71	43	33	77	27	19	68	74	52	71
East South Central	79	66	84	78	60	77	45	33	74	29	22	76	77	60	78
West South Central	71	56	78	71	51	72	35	27	77	19	15	76	69	49	72
Mountain	74	57	77	73	52	71	47	38	79	28	22	81	72	50	70
Pacific	74	64	86	74	58	79	59	49	83	42	35	83	72	56	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. 3Health care is a collective term for the following benefits: medical, dental, and vision care benefits; and outpatient prescription drug coverage. If workers have access to or participate in at least one of these benefits, they are considered as having access to or participating in health care. NOTE: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20092010.htm.