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Employer‐Provided Health Insurance Coverage: A Comparison of Employed Native‐born and Immigrant Americans
Author(s) -
Chatterjee Swarn,
Nielsen Robert B.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-3934.2011.02085.x
Subject(s) - immigration , educational attainment , demographic economics , health insurance , native born , cohort , national health insurance , national longitudinal surveys , economics , medicine , health care , political science , environmental health , economic growth , population , law
This research examined differences in employer‐based health insurance coverage among employed native‐born Americans and immigrants using cross‐sectional and panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey, cohort 1979 (NLSY79). Compared with native‐born Americans, immigrants were 10.5% less likely to have employer‐based health insurance when controlling for other social and economic characteristics. Income and educational attainment of immigrants along with length of stay were predictors of employer‐based coverage. Occupational characteristics such as job tenure, full‐time employment, and union membership were positively associated with having employer‐based health insurance coverage.