Table I.E.4.a Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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 7.4%    48.2%    21.8%    10.1%    5.0%    4.6%    24.9%    4.9%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 36.7% * --    --    --    --    --    46.9%    33.1% *
Mining and manufacturing 6.2%    47.9%    8.6% * 8.4%    2.8% * 6.2%    14.6%    5.4%   
Construction 13.6%    46.3%    16.5%    14.8% * 5.4% * 10.7% * 24.5%    7.5% *
Utilities and transp. 6.8%    --    24.8% * 9.5% * 0.4% * 7.0%    12.7% * 6.3%   
Wholesale trade 5.3%    53.5%    17.0% * 4.5% * 1.8% * 2.2% * 19.4%    2.2% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 3.3%    45.5%    20.6% * 6.3% * 1.5% * 1.3% * 23.7%    1.4%   
Retail trade 6.3%    44.1%    26.8%    7.1% * 0.5% * 4.2% * 24.3%    3.6% *
Professional services 5.7%    45.8%    18.5%    10.5%    4.7% * 2.7%    25.1%    3.4%   
Other services 16.5%    52.3%    36.4%    13.6%    13.0% * 12.8% * 36.9%    12.3%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 7.4%    47.2%    20.9%    10.1%    4.4%    5.0%    23.4%    5.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 8.6%    46.3%    21.6%    4.7%    4.9%    5.4% * 23.4%    4.9%   
Nonprofit 6.3%    56.9%    30.5%    17.2%    6.7% * 2.8% * 40.1%    4.2%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 13.2%    44.0%    12.4% * 10.3% * 5.1% * 0.4% * 27.8%    3.8% *
5-9 years 10.5%    33.4%    14.0% * 10.3%    5.5% * 0.4% * 17.3%    6.1% *
10-19 years 12.4%    40.6%    23.0%    9.1%    9.0% * 6.6% * 23.9%    7.6% *
20 or more years 6.4%    57.7%    24.2%    10.4%    4.1%    4.5%    26.9%    4.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 4.7%    --    16.7% * 8.2%    3.3%    4.7%    17.3%    4.5%   
1 location only 15.2%    47.7%    22.3%    10.7%    7.7%    0.5% * 25.9%    6.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 13.4%    --    --    20.2% * 4.7% * 5.0% * 47.9%    5.7%   
25-49 % 8.4%    --    41.7%    17.1% * 0.1% * 2.2% * 43.6%    2.5% *
50-74 % 5.7%    53.8%    24.4%    10.9% * 1.3% * 1.8%    30.0%    2.2%   
75% or more 7.4%    45.1%    20.5%    9.6%    5.5%    5.0%    23.2%    5.2%   
Union presence
No union employees 7.8%    48.0%    21.3%    9.2%    5.1%    4.4%    24.3%    4.9%   
Has union employees 5.9%    --    27.3% * 19.8% * 3.7% * 4.9%    35.8%    4.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 6.5%    68.7%    17.0% * 9.0%    3.6% * 4.7% * 26.4%    4.6%   
Less than 50% low-wage 7.4%    47.1%    22.1%    10.2%    5.1%    4.6%    24.8%    4.9%   

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.E.4.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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 0.51%    3.19%    2.14%    1.09%    0.96%    0.72%    1.40%    0.55%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 12.52% * --    --    --    --    --    12.81%    16.93% *
Mining and manufacturing 1.17%    11.49%    3.78% * 2.16%    0.94% * 1.81%    3.21%    1.24%   
Construction 2.48%    8.99%    4.48%    4.96% * 3.61% * 7.55% * 4.55%    2.76% *
Utilities and transp. 1.63%    --    12.66% * 5.02% * 0.43% * 2.07%    5.54% * 1.71%   
Wholesale trade 0.91%    10.32%    5.46% * 1.74% * 0.86% * 1.00% * 3.72%    0.69% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.57%    11.31%    6.89% * 2.97% * 0.62% * 0.41% * 5.01%    0.35%   
Retail trade 1.15%    11.41%    7.44%    2.96% * 0.26% * 1.39% * 4.42%    1.10% *
Professional services 0.60%    5.69%    3.26%    2.07%    1.48% * 0.62%    2.56%    0.57%   
Other services 2.80%    7.06%    7.56%    2.73%    4.42% * 5.04% * 3.91%    3.39%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.67%    4.01%    2.55%    1.39%    1.18%    0.95%    1.68%    0.74%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.14%    6.71%    4.48%    1.26%    1.40%    2.03% * 2.98%    1.20%   
Nonprofit 0.93%    8.54%    7.95%    3.46%    2.61% * 0.83% * 4.71%    0.90%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.72%    9.50%    4.70% * 4.94% * 2.85% * 0.30% * 5.56%    1.59% *
5-9 years 1.61%    7.80%    4.33% * 2.65%    2.46% * 0.27% * 2.88%    1.84% *
10-19 years 1.88%    6.69%    4.82%    1.98%    4.54% * 3.25% * 2.97%    2.34% *
20 or more years 0.56%    4.38%    2.89%    1.51%    0.85%    0.75%    1.93%    0.59%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.60%    --    5.33% * 1.86%    0.85%    0.74%    3.26%    0.61%   
1 location only 0.98%    3.23%    2.29%    1.31%    2.05%    0.36% * 1.52%    1.26%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.58%    --    --    7.04% * 3.11% * 1.92% * 9.91%    1.70%   
25-49 % 1.59%    --    9.85%    5.62% * 0.11% * 0.78% * 7.15%    0.87% *
50-74 % 0.80%    8.99%    6.40%    3.47% * 0.61% * 0.48%    4.81%    0.49%   
75% or more 0.58%    3.55%    2.35%    1.18%    1.09%    0.82%    1.51%    0.63%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.60%    3.24%    2.17%    1.00%    1.06%    0.93%    1.37%    0.67%   
Has union employees 0.98%    --    9.88% * 6.99% * 1.20% * 1.07%    9.11%    0.95%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.19%    12.87%    5.75% * 2.39%    1.47% * 1.68% * 4.90%    1.20%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.55%    3.27%    2.25%    1.16%    1.04%    0.77%    1.45%    0.59%   

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.