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US Private Sector Worker ESI Trends
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This dataset offers insights into the trends and patterns of employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) coverage amongst private-sector workers in the United States. It includes details on coverage across various demographic groups, such as race, gender, education level, and recent graduation status. The data spans over four decades, from 1979 to 2019, enabling a long-term analysis of health insurance coverage shifts. The information is sourced from the Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America Data Library, a valuable collection of economic data.
Columns
- year: The year of the data observation (integer).
- all: Percentage of workers with ESI coverage across all demographic groups (float).
- white: Percentage of White workers with ESI coverage (float).
- black: Percentage of Black workers with ESI coverage (float).
- hispanic: Percentage of Hispanic workers with ESI coverage (float).
- men: Percentage of male workers with ESI coverage (float).
- white_men: Percentage of White male workers with ESI coverage (float).
- black_men: Percentage of Black male workers with ESI coverage (float).
- hispanic_men: Percentage of Hispanic male workers with ESI coverage (float).
- women: Percentage of female workers with ESI coverage (float).
- white_women: Percentage of White female workers with ESI coverage (float).
- black_women: Percentage of Black female workers with ESI coverage (float).
- hispanic_women: Percentage of Hispanic female workers with ESI coverage (float).
- high_school: Percentage of workers with a high school degree and ESI coverage (float).
- bachelors_degree: Percentage of workers with a bachelor's degree and ESI coverage (float).
- recent_high-school_graduate: Percentage of workers who recently graduated high school with ESI coverage (float).
- recent_college_graduate: Percentage of workers who recently graduated college with ESI coverage (float).
Distribution
The dataset is provided in a CSV format, typically used for data files. It contains 17 columns and 41 records. The file size is 3.62 kB. Some columns, specifically those pertaining to recent high school and college graduates, have 7 missing records out of the 41 observations.
Usage
This dataset is ideal for:
- Analysing overall changes in ESI coverage over the years to identify significant trends or patterns.
- Comparing ESI coverage rates amongst different demographic groups (e.g., race, gender, education level) and examining any disparities or variations.
- Determining the demographic group with the highest or lowest ESI coverage rate and investigating contributing factors.
- Evaluating the impact of education level on ESI coverage, observing differences between high school and college graduates.
- Investigating changes in ESI coverage amongst recent high school and college graduates and identifying variations over time.
- Calculating average ESI coverage rates per year and visualising trends using line charts or time series analysis.
Coverage
This dataset focuses on health insurance coverage in the United States. It covers a time range of four decades, from 1979 to 2019. The demographic scope includes breakdowns by race (White, Black, Hispanic), gender (men, women, and combined race-gender groups), and education level (high school graduates, bachelor's degree holders, recent high school graduates, and recent college graduates).
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
This dataset is suitable for a variety of users, including:
- Researchers and Academics: For studying long-term trends in US health policy and labour economics, and exploring socio-economic disparities in insurance access.
- Policy Analysts: To inform public health policies, evaluate the effects of economic changes on worker benefits, and assess equity in healthcare access.
- Economists: For analysing labour market trends, the value of employment benefits, and the economic impact of health insurance coverage.
- Data Scientists and Students: For educational purposes, practicing data analysis, statistical modelling, and creating visualisations of complex socio-economic data.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- USA Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage (1979-2019)
- US Private Sector Worker ESI Trends
- American Health Insurance Coverage by Demographics
- Decades of US ESI Data
Attributes
Original Data Source: US Private Sector Worker ESI Trends
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