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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Q. 2009 Dec;90(5):1112–1133. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00649.x

APPENDIX B.

Percent of Employed African-American and Mexican-Origin Men with Health Insurance from their Employer or Union by Occupationa

Longest Occupation Last Year (CPS Categories) African
American
(%)
N Mexican
Origin
(%)
N Difference
(%)
Electricians (6350) 67.8 80 34.1 90 −33.7**
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (7750) 73.2 99 43.9 112 −29.3**
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (7200) 50.1 56 24.4 142 −25.6**
Janitors and Building Cleaners (4220) 60.2 284 39.0 269 −21.3**
Cooks (4020) 35.1 139 17.5 396 −17.6**
Grounds Maintenance Workers (4250) 34.2 72 17.1 453 −17.2**
Carpenters (6230) 32.4 86 18.4 419 −13.9**
Driver/sales Workers and Truck Drivers (9130) 54.5 490 40.8 411 −13.7**
Managers, All Other Types (0430) 68.5 131 55.6 120 −12.9*
Production Workers (8960) 65.8 118 53.1 153 −12.7**
Customer Service Representatives (5240) 63.3 66 51.1 58 −12.2
Laborers and Freight, Stock and Material Movers (9620) 55.0 241 43.7 267 −11.3**
First-line Supervisors in Production and Operations (7700) 83.3 72 72.2 90 −11.0
First-line Supervisors in Retail Sales (4700) 65.4 131 56.0 175 −9.4
Sales Representatives, Wholesale & Manufacturing (4850) 50.8 146 41.4 157 −9.3
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers (5620) 50.2 125 44.8 110 −5.4
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators (9600) 58.3 114 53.0 134 −5.3
Construction Laborers (6260) 24.9 107 21.2 534 −3.7
Shipping, Receiving and Traffic Clerks (5610) 53.3 61 56.5 83 3.2
List contains this percent of all employed males 18-64 (%) 36.0 42.9
*

p < 0.05

**

p≤ 0.01.

a

Table includes occupations with at least 50 African-American and 50 Mexican Origin males.

Source: 2004 and 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplements, Current Population Survey.