TABLE 1—
Characteristics of Health Care Workers by Gender: Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, United States, 2017
| Women |
Men |
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| No. | % of Workers or Their Children (95% CI) | No. | % of Workers or Their Children (95% CI) | |
| Weighted no. | 14 190 336 | 100 | 4 388 700 | 100 |
| Wage < $15/h | 4 954 876 | 34.9 (34.1, 35.8) | 1 026 912 | 23.4 (21.3, 25.5) |
| Workers with household incomes < 100% of federal poverty line | 702 429 | 5.0 (4.4, 5.5) | 104 865 | 2.4 (1.9, 2.8) |
| Children with household incomes < 100% of federal poverty line | 1 003 621 | 7.7 (6.8, 8.7) | 81 158 | 2.4 (2.3, 2.5) |
| Workers with household incomes < 200% of federal poverty line | 2 542 515 | 17.3 (16.2, 18.4) | 428 427 | 9.8 (8.9, 10.6) |
| Children with household incomes < 200% of federal poverty line | 3 401 992 | 26.2 (24.3, 28.2) | 331 601 | 9.8 (9.2, 10.3) |
| Receive food stamps | 1 062 821 | 7.5 (6.7, 8.2) | 173 529 | 4.0 (3.4, 4.5) |
| Live in public housing or receive rent subsidy | 374 049 | 2.6 (2.1, 3.2) | 69 015 | 1.6 (1.3, 1.9) |
| Uninsured | 1 012 298 | 7.1 (6.5, 7.8) | 341 871 | 7.8 (6.8, 8.9) |
| Medicaid | 1 415 365 | 10.0 (9.2, 10.8) | 286 198 | 6.5 (5.9, 7.2) |
| Report poor or fair self-rated health | 829 769 | 5.8 (5.2, 6.5) | 203 893 | 4.6 (4.2, 5.1) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Registered nurses (median wage $31.25/h) | 2 510 080 | 17.7 (17.1, 18.3) | 271 521 | 6.2 (5.5, 6.8) |
| Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (median wage $12.64/h) | 1 565 915 | 11.0 (10.6, 11.5) | 243 765 | 5.5 (4.8, 6.3) |
| Physicians and surgeons (median wage $67.00/h) | 343 210 | 2.4 (2.2, 2.7) | 537 642 | 12.3 (11.1, 13.4) |
| Personal and home care aides (median wage $11.35/h) | 645 089 | 4.5 (4.3, 4.8) | 114 438 | 2.6 (2.2, 3.0) |
| Medical and health services managers (median wage $31.73/h) | 446 093 | 3.1 (2.9, 3.4) | 183 547 | 4.2 (3.6, 4.7) |
Note. CI = confidence interval. All values are weighted populations (%). The 95% CIs were calculated by using balanced repeated replication with replicate weights provided by the Current Population Survey. Occupations chosen are the top 5 (in weighted number of workers) in the entire sample of health care workers.