Statistical Brief #511: Differences In Health Insurance Coverage Between Part-Time & Full-Time Private-Sector Workers, 2005 & 2015

The report was released in April 2018 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The researchers analyzed data from the 2005 and 2015 MEPS Full Year Consolidated Data Files and the 2000-2013 Employment Variables File. The goal was to determine the differences in health insurance coverage for part-time (under 30 hours per week) and full-time (30 or more hours per week) workers in the private sector. From 2005 to 2015, the percentage of part-time workers covered by employer-sponsored health insurance decreased from 64.1% to 54.0%. During this same period, the percentage of . . .