Micro Final Exam Study Guide
Approximately how many workers are employed in the U.S. health care industry?
12 million
In the quintile distribution of income, the term "quintile" represents
20 percent of the income receivers
In the United States, approximately how many doctors are there per 100,000 population?
245
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that from 2000 to 2009, the net inflow of illegal immigrants was about
250,000 annually
The lowest quintile of households in the income distribution (as of 2014) receives about
3.1 percent of the total income
In 2007, approximately what percentage of people in the United States with private health insurance received it as an employer-provided benefit?
88
In 2014, a household with an annual income of $75,000 would find itself in the
fourth quintile of the household income distribution.
In 2014, the average income for households in the United States was about
$68,426.
About ________ of recent annual labor force growth in the United States is the result of immigration.
one-half
About ________ of recent annual population growth in the United States is the result of immigration
one-third
In 2013, the greatest number of legal immigrants arriving in the United States came from
Mexico and China
Economic immigrants
are defined as international migrants motivated by economic gain.
Employer-provided private health insurance began in the United States because
during World War II, wage and price controls forced employers to use nonwage forms of compensation to attract workers.
Employer-provided private health insurance
is unique to the United States and not typically found in other countries.
In 2014, a household with an annual income of $23,000 would find itself in the
second lowest quintile of the household income distribution