This statistic displays the percentage of employed adults in the U.S. whose partners were covered by their health insurance from 2014 to 2017. According to the survey, in 2014, 46 percent of employees with a same-sex spouse had health coverage for their partner. As of 2018, this had increased to 85 percent.
Percentage of employed adults that had health care coverage for their partners from 2014 to 2018, by partner type
Partner type
Opposite-sex spouse
Same-sex spouse
Same-sex domestic partner
Opposite-sex domestic partner
2018
94%
85%
55%
55%
2017
95%
85%
54%
53%
2016
94%
83%
54%
53%
2015
80%
62%
41%
37%
2014
71%
46%
35%
30%
40%60%80%100%20%
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SHRM. (June 19, 2018). Percentage of employed adults that had health care coverage for their partners from 2014 to 2018, by partner type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/742497/partner-health-care-coverage-united-states-by-type-of-partner/
SHRM. "Percentage of employed adults that had health care coverage for their partners from 2014 to 2018, by partner type." Chart. June 19, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/742497/partner-health-care-coverage-united-states-by-type-of-partner/
SHRM. (2018). Percentage of employed adults that had health care coverage for their partners from 2014 to 2018, by partner type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/742497/partner-health-care-coverage-united-states-by-type-of-partner/
SHRM. "Percentage of Employed Adults That Had Health Care Coverage for Their Partners from 2014 to 2018, by Partner Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/742497/partner-health-care-coverage-united-states-by-type-of-partner/
SHRM, Percentage of employed adults that had health care coverage for their partners from 2014 to 2018, by partner type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/742497/partner-health-care-coverage-united-states-by-type-of-partner/ (last visited April 03, 2025)
Percentage of employed adults that had health care coverage for their partners from 2014 to 2018, by partner type [Graph], SHRM, June 19, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/742497/partner-health-care-coverage-united-states-by-type-of-partner/
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