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Unmarried domestic partner benefits: Access
Table 44. Unmarried domestic partner benefits: Access1, civilian workers,2
National Compensation Survey, March 2011
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(All workers = 100 percent)
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Characteristics
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Defined benefit
retirement survivor
benefits
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Health care benefits
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Same sex
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Opposite
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Same sex
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Opposite
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Management, professional, and related
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Management, business, and financial
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Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers
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Office and administrative support
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Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
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Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
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Installation, maintenance, and repair
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Production, transportation, and material moving
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Transportation and material moving
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Average wage within the following categories:3
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Establishment characteristics
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Goods-producing industries
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Education and health services
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Elementary and secondary schools
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Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
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Health care and social assistance
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1The percentage of workers with access to the benefit reflects both the availability of the benefit and the
employer’s policy on providing the benefit to unmarried domestic partners.
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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.
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3The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with
earnings both above and below the threshold. The average wages are based on the estimates published in the
"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2010." See Technical Note for more
details.
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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/glossary20102011.htm.
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United States Department of Labor
