Table I.A.2.c(2008) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for family coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2008

 

Characteristics

Total

  

Less than 10 employees

  

10-24 employees

  

25-99 employees

  

100-999 employees

  

1000 or more employees

  

Less than 50 employees

  

50 or more employees

  

 

United States

21.1%

37.9%

25.7%

14.8%

5.6%

4.5%

32.4%

5.8%

 

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

47.8%

55.9%

45.3%

*

.

.

.

52.1%

.

Mining and manufacturing

23.5%

43.1%

25.6%

.

.

.

31.4%

.

Construction

35.6%

44.0%

28.0%

.

.

.

37.7%

.

Utilities and transp.

15.3%

28.4%

16.8%

*

.

.

.

24.9%

.

Wholesale trade

24.3%

44.6%

23.2%

.

.

.

35.0%

.

Fin. svs. and real estate

15.1%

40.1%

15.8%

.

.

.

33.1%

.

Retail trade

10.8%

27.1%

21.6%

.

.

.

23.9%

.

Professional services

23.4%

35.3%

25.0%

.

.

.

30.7%

.

Other services

22.4%

38.2%

32.1%

.

.

.

34.5%

.

 

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

20.0%

38.2%

25.0%

.

.

.

32.0%

.

For profit, unincorporated

24.8%

36.1%

24.5%

.

.

.

32.8%

.

Nonprofit

22.9%

40.4%

32.6%

.

.

.

34.7%

.

 

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

29.0%

36.8%

17.0%

.

.

.

31.3%

.

5-9 years

29.3%

35.4%

29.5%

.

.

.

32.5%

.

10-19 years

27.6%

38.6%

23.6%

.

.

.

32.5%

.

20 or more years

21.1%

38.7%

27.2%

.

.

.

32.6%

.

Unknown

3.5%

48.7%

*

.

.

.

.

47.2%

.

 

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

5.8%

25.7%

*

21.0%

.

.

.

18.1%

.

1 location only

31.8%

38.0%

26.2%

.

.

.

33.3%

.

 

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

17.6%

30.2%

34.5%

.

.

.

29.9%

.

25-49 %

16.6%

40.0%

29.0%

.

.

.

33.7%

.

50-74 %

21.5%

38.4%

27.5%

.

.

.

34.0%

.

75% or more

21.7%

38.0%

24.6%

.

.

.

32.1%

.

 

Union presence

No union employees

21.9%

37.5%

24.8%

.

.

.

31.8%

.

Has union employees

22.6%

54.9%

46.0%

.

.

.

51.4%

.

Unknown

7.6%

46.4%

36.1%

*

.

.

.

40.3%

.

 

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

14.4%

33.0%

25.9%

.

.

.

28.3%

.

Less than 50% low wage

23.3%

38.9%

25.7%

.

.

.

33.3%

.

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

 

Table I.A.2.c(2008) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for family coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2008

 

Characteristics

Total

  

Less than 10 employees

  

10-24 employees

  

25-99 employees

  

100-999 employees

  

1000 or more employees

  

Less than 50 employees

  

50 or more employees

  

 

United States

0.48%

1.00%

1.35%

0.76%

0.49%

0.68%

0.74%

0.52%

 

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.58%

7.81%

15.28%

*

.

.

.

6.19%

.

Mining and manufacturing

1.02%

4.23%

5.02%

.

.

.

1.72%

.

Construction

1.55%

2.13%

2.53%

.

.

.

1.62%

.

Utilities and transp.

2.66%

5.83%

8.91%

*

.

.

.

4.63%

.

Wholesale trade

0.99%

3.44%

3.14%

.

.

.

1.81%

.

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.39%

3.26%

2.83%

.

.

.

1.95%

.

Retail trade

1.08%

3.71%

3.15%

.

.

.

2.66%

.

Professional services

0.90%

2.30%

1.81%

.

.

.

1.47%

.

Other services

1.49%

2.56%

3.99%

.

.

.

1.73%

.

 

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.56%

1.06%

1.28%

.

.

.

0.90%

.

For profit, unincorporated

1.30%

2.57%

2.65%

.

.

.

1.85%

.

Nonprofit

1.53%

3.96%

4.28%

.

.

.

2.52%

.

 

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.02%

2.53%

3.26%

.

.

.

2.17%

.

5-9 years

1.17%

2.33%

3.58%

.

.

.

1.19%

.

10-19 years

0.67%

1.00%

3.47%

.

.

.

0.76%

.

20 or more years

1.08%

2.19%

1.42%

.

.

.

1.46%

.

Unknown

0.65%

16.07%

*

.

.

.

.

12.71%

.

 

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.41%

8.42%

*

3.05%

.

.

.

2.44%

.

1 location only

0.75%

1.03%

1.54%

.

.

.

0.76%

.

 

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.02%

4.61%

6.52%

.

.

.

3.42%

.

25-49 %

1.31%

4.33%

4.26%

.

.

.

3.12%

.

50-74 %

1.38%

2.22%

4.52%

.

.

.

2.30%

.

75% or more

0.36%

1.00%

1.17%

.

.

.

0.66%

.

 

Union presence

No union employees

0.57%

1.05%

1.54%

.

.

.

0.75%

.

Has union employees

1.67%

6.02%

4.83%

.

.

.

2.04%

.

Unknown

1.54%

11.07%

14.20%

*

.

.

.

10.15%

.

 

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.62%

2.33%

2.32%

.

.

.

1.24%

.

Less than 50% low wage

0.57%

1.28%

1.28%

.

.

.

0.88%

.

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.