Table I.C.4.a Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage that required no employee contribution by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2016
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 13.5%    57.9%    36.9%    22.9%    13.4%    4.1%    38.6%    8.3%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 40.4%    --    --    --    --    --    46.2%    38.4% *
Mining and manufacturing 9.5%    53.5%    34.0%    17.9%    9.9%    4.0%    27.2%    7.3%   
Construction 25.8%    59.8%    30.7%    20.0%    14.0%    32.2% * 34.3%    19.5%   
Utilities and transp. 8.3%    61.0%    15.6% * 23.0%    11.2% * 3.8% * 28.4%    5.9%   
Wholesale trade 15.8%    50.1%    36.2%    29.8%    9.9%    2.6% * 40.2%    6.9%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 11.3%    60.1%    47.5%    29.9%    12.1%    3.5%    47.1%    6.7%   
Retail trade 8.6%    50.2%    32.6%    15.2%    5.2% * 1.7% * 32.3%    3.3%   
Professional services 14.7%    59.9%    40.5%    28.0%    16.4%    4.1%    44.0%    9.3%   
Other services 15.2%    60.7%    36.5%    19.4%    12.3%    5.2% * 39.5%    8.8%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 13.0%    58.4%    34.4%    22.8%    13.8%    3.8%    37.7%    7.7%   
For profit, unincorporated 16.6%    56.7%    41.5%    16.1%    9.8%    6.9% * 38.5%    9.2%   
Nonprofit 13.1%    57.8%    47.7%    32.3%    15.2%    4.0%    45.5%    9.6%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 21.2%    51.8%    33.4%    14.8%    15.6% * 0.6% * 35.3%    12.3%   
5-9 years 24.6%    50.2%    31.5%    20.4%    19.8%    2.7% * 32.0%    18.3%   
10-19 years 24.4%    54.6%    35.9%    22.1%    22.3%    2.5% * 38.3%    16.2%   
20 or more years 10.7%    64.4%    39.2%    25.0%    10.6%    4.2%    41.1%    6.8%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 6.4%    69.3%    33.1%    22.8%    10.2%    4.1%    28.4%    5.9%   
1 location only 28.0%    57.8%    37.2%    22.9%    17.7%    3.2% * 39.7%    17.3%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 15.2%    62.8%    36.4% * 30.8%    11.9%    1.9% * 38.3%    10.4%   
25-49 % 11.4%    61.6%    45.6%    20.2%    10.0% * 1.7% * 40.6%    5.8%   
50-74 % 12.0%    57.4%    31.4%    20.1%    15.3%    1.7% * 37.9%    6.8%   
75% or more 13.8%    57.8%    37.2%    23.2%    13.4%    4.6%    38.7%    8.5%   
Union presence
No union employees 15.0%    57.8%    35.6%    22.6%    13.8%    4.1%    37.8%    9.1%   
Has union employees 6.9%    63.2%    65.4%    28.7%    10.2%    4.0%    60.8%    5.1%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 10.1%    63.8%    30.9%    18.6%    12.5%    1.9%    32.4%    7.2%   
Less than 50% low-wage 14.0%    57.4%    37.4%    23.5%    13.6%    4.4%    39.2%    8.4%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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 few 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.C.4.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage that required no employee contribution by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2016
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 0.47%    1.95%    1.83%    1.19%    1.30%    0.53%    1.06%    0.53%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 10.12%    --    --    --    --    --    9.95%    13.31% *
Mining and manufacturing 0.95%    8.00%    5.79%    3.03%    2.32%    0.82%    2.97%    0.99%   
Construction 3.02%    5.89%    5.05%    3.35%    3.51%    16.00% * 3.12%    4.90%   
Utilities and transp. 1.42%    11.66%    5.86% * 6.02%    5.42% * 1.24% * 5.35%    1.44%   
Wholesale trade 1.57%    8.01%    5.90%    4.54%    2.65%    0.96% * 3.87%    1.29%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.04%    5.57%    7.42%    5.13%    3.02%    0.74%    3.91%    0.97%   
Retail trade 1.02%    6.34%    5.50%    3.73%    1.68% * 0.89% * 3.29%    0.92%   
Professional services 1.00%    3.15%    3.13%    2.31%    2.89%    1.02%    1.87%    1.15%   
Other services 1.16%    4.57%    4.69%    2.46%    2.40%    1.65% * 2.56%    1.27%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.59%    2.37%    2.12%    1.46%    1.96%    0.56%    1.27%    0.66%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.38%    3.79%    4.34%    2.55%    1.91%    2.99% * 2.38%    1.67%   
Nonprofit 0.93%    6.78%    6.09%    3.23%    1.89%    0.91%    3.40%    0.92%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.57%    5.70%    6.71%    3.58%    5.53% * 0.51% * 3.61%    3.39%   
5-9 years 2.11%    5.03%    4.45%    3.20%    4.92%    2.47% * 2.68%    3.22%   
10-19 years 1.94%    3.41%    3.52%    2.54%    5.47%    1.09% * 2.07%    3.00%   
20 or more years 0.46%    3.03%    2.58%    1.60%    0.99%    0.55%    1.51%    0.48%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.47%    11.84%    5.17%    2.20%    1.11%    0.54%    2.88%    0.48%   
1 location only 1.00%    1.96%    1.93%    1.40%    2.57%    1.38% * 1.12%    1.67%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.24%    11.79%    10.94% * 7.96%    3.32%    0.84% * 5.85%    2.46%   
25-49 % 1.30%    9.38%    7.02%    3.51%    3.16% * 0.63% * 4.29%    1.15%   
50-74 % 1.28%    4.93%    4.57%    3.10%    4.26%    0.65% * 2.91%    1.43%   
75% or more 0.54%    2.19%    2.06%    1.35%    1.46%    0.62%    1.19%    0.60%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.53%    1.98%    1.83%    1.22%    1.41%    0.59%    1.06%    0.61%   
Has union employees 1.00%    10.19%    9.52%    5.78%    2.18%    1.09%    5.88%    0.98%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.19%    6.55%    4.83%    3.10%    3.39%    0.52%    3.05%    1.29%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.51%    2.04%    1.93%    1.28%    1.41%    0.59%    1.12%    0.58%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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 few 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.