Table I.B.2(1999) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

89.1%

52.4%

75.1%

89.3%

97.6%

99.6%

67.6%

98.3%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

59.6%

29.8%

55.3%

76.9%

91.5%

97.4%

41.6%

87.6%

Mining

95.9%

34.3%

*

91.5%

99.9%

100.0%

100.0%

71.5%

100.0%

Construction

77.3%

50.8%

78.0%

94.3%

94.5%

100.0%

69.4%

95.7%

Manufacturing

97.3%

71.7%

87.3%

93.8%

98.7%

100.0%

85.3%

99.3%

Transp., commu., util.

95.2%

63.7%

81.6%

91.3%

98.6%

99.5%

75.0%

99.0%

Wholesale trade

93.2%

63.2%

91.0%

95.6%

97.8%

99.3%

81.8%

98.8%

Retail trade

85.1%

38.1%

59.2%

79.0%

96.7%

99.6%

54.1%

98.0%

Fin., ins., real est.

94.7%

67.9%

93.5%

97.7%

99.3%

100.0%

80.2%

99.7%

Services

87.9%

54.8%

75.7%

90.0%

97.4%

99.3%

67.9%

97.9%

Unknown

8.5%

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11.5%

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9.0%

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Ownership

For profit, incorporated

91.6%

59.7%

78.1%

90.1%

97.3%

99.7%

73.9%

98.4%

For profit, unincorporated

63.7%

37.9%

57.9%

77.9%

96.4%

98.0%

45.3%

94.8%

Nonprofit

92.2%

59.0%

78.9%

93.3%

99.3%

99.9%

72.4%

99.2%

Unknown

93.3%

5.3%

*

43.2%

*

41.7%

94.0%

99.2%

8.8%

*

98.5%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

64.5%

41.0%

57.0%

77.7%

94.5%

99.1%

48.8%

95.1%

5-9 years

72.3%

48.8%

67.6%

84.5%

91.7%

97.9%

60.8%

92.7%

10-19 years

80.3%

53.0%

76.0%

87.8%

96.7%

97.5%

68.7%

94.6%

20 or more years

93.0%

60.9%

83.3%

93.7%

98.7%

99.9%

77.3%

98.9%

Unknown

99.4%

79.2%

76.6%

87.4%

97.8%

99.7%

76.7%

99.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

98.7%

77.5%

85.4%

93.6%

98.3%

99.6%

86.7%

99.2%

1 location only

74.6%

51.8%

74.2%

88.0%

96.2%

99.2%

65.9%

94.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

54.8%

16.1%

29.0%

59.3%

89.6%

95.2%

25.8%

89.2%

25-49%

85.5%

41.6%

64.4%

77.7%

96.8%

99.6%

56.2%

97.7%

50-74%

85.2%

49.6%

68.7%

84.5%

97.6%

99.4%

61.1%

97.7%

75% or more

92.6%

60.8%

83.1%

93.7%

98.2%

99.8%

76.0%

98.9%

Union presence

No union employees

86.7%

52.3%

75.0%

88.8%

97.5%

99.6%

67.2%

98.0%

Has union employees

98.2%

63.4%

92.5%

97.5%

98.5%

99.9%

84.6%

99.6%

Unknown

94.7%

46.2%

47.0%

81.7%

95.3%

99.2%

53.4%

98.4%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

63.1%

23.0%

40.9%

65.8%

91.9%

97.0%

34.7%

91.3%

Less than 50% low wage

87.9%

57.8%

80.7%

92.5%

98.3%

99.6%

73.1%

98.1%

Unknown

97.2%

30.9%

47.1%

78.0%

96.5%

99.7%

44.9%

99.3%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

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Table I.B.2(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

0.30%

0.77%

1.58%

0.87%

0.23%

0.08%

0.73%

0.07%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

2.94%

2.47%

5.49%

7.38%

13.84%

2.72%

1.65%

5.91%

Mining

1.29%

12.60%

*

23.70%

14.89%

14.91%

0.00%

14.31%

0.00%

Construction

0.99%

2.28%

3.31%

1.78%

1.80%

0.00%

1.74%

1.26%

Manufacturing

0.18%

2.65%

1.56%

0.67%

0.40%

0.00%

1.21%

0.12%

Transp., commu., util.

0.69%

3.41%

3.84%

2.16%

0.56%

0.59%

2.08%

0.51%

Wholesale trade

0.71%

3.33%

2.79%

2.57%

0.99%

0.88%

2.07%

0.64%

Retail trade

0.49%

1.36%

1.66%

2.04%

0.71%

0.20%

0.95%

0.20%

Fin., ins., real est.

0.30%

3.32%

2.59%

0.88%

0.78%

0.03%

2.45%

0.20%

Services

0.57%

1.66%

2.09%

1.49%

0.45%

0.15%

1.56%

0.16%

Unknown

7.57%

*

7.68%

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7.58%

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Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.35%

1.03%

1.53%

0.79%

0.31%

0.08%

0.83%

0.11%

For profit, unincorporated

1.15%

1.15%

4.33%

5.13%

1.44%

1.50%

1.36%

1.62%

Nonprofit

0.73%

3.95%

2.97%

1.07%

0.45%

0.08%

2.26%

0.20%

Unknown

0.83%

3.41%

*

14.25%

*

11.92%

2.28%

0.69%

3.95%

*

0.66%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.36%

2.21%

4.39%

2.62%

2.49%

0.50%

2.23%

1.46%

5-9 years

0.81%

0.71%

2.39%

2.59%

2.73%

1.42%

0.83%

1.60%

10-19 years

0.71%

1.69%

2.15%

1.75%

0.72%

1.11%

1.07%

0.90%

20 or more years

0.35%

1.65%

1.45%

0.59%

0.32%

0.07%

1.07%

0.11%

Unknown

0.10%

15.13%

9.53%

5.91%

1.04%

0.10%

5.76%

0.11%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.10%

6.84%

1.52%

0.73%

0.36%

0.08%

1.10%

0.08%

1 location only

0.68%

0.79%

1.85%

0.99%

0.52%

0.67%

0.82%

0.54%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.71%

2.03%

3.63%

3.92%

2.30%

1.76%

1.98%

1.64%

25-49%

0.73%

2.62%

4.45%

2.47%

1.13%

0.28%

1.97%

0.60%

50-74%

0.62%

2.33%

2.46%

2.34%

0.83%

0.40%

1.90%

0.42%

75% or more

0.22%

0.79%

1.46%

0.69%

0.28%

0.06%

0.62%

0.12%

Union presence

No union employees

0.35%

0.85%

1.58%

0.81%

0.33%

0.09%

0.64%

0.15%

Has union employees

0.56%

5.23%

3.27%

0.71%

0.99%

0.07%

2.75%

0.26%

Unknown

0.58%

5.11%

7.23%

8.78%

4.05%

0.34%

5.32%

0.32%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.25%

1.64%

4.18%

2.74%

1.73%

1.37%

1.73%

0.93%

Less than 50% low wage

0.36%

0.92%

1.27%

0.87%

0.26%

0.11%

0.67%

0.18%

Unknown

0.26%

2.97%

6.94%

3.75%

1.29%

0.11%

3.60%

0.10%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.