United States

66.4%

65.9%

67.1%

67.3%

65.5%

66.4%

66.6%

66.3%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

61.9%

.

.

.

.

.

67.0%

59.0%

Mining and manufacturing

70.2%

.

.

.

.

.

65.6%

70.9%

Construction

69.8%

.

.

.

.

.

64.3%

75.3%

Utilities and transp.

66.5%

.

.

.

.

.

72.3%

65.7%

Wholesale trade

68.0%

.

.

.

.

.

68.6%

67.8%

Fin. svs. and real estate

62.4%

.

.

.

.

.

72.1%

61.0%

Retail trade

74.7%

.

.

.

.

.

66.1%

76.3%

Professional services

60.1%

.

.

.

.

.

66.8%

58.6%

Other services

70.4%

.

.

.

.

.

64.2%

72.5%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

68.7%

.

.

.

.

.

67.3%

69.1%

For profit, unincorporated

65.3%

.

.

.

.

.

65.9%

65.1%

Nonprofit

55.0%

.

.

.

.

.

62.0%

54.1%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

67.1%

.

.

.

.

.

66.4%

68.0%

5-9 years

70.8%

.

.

.

.

.

68.5%

73.4%

10-19 years

65.6%

.

.

.

.

.

63.1%

67.5%

20 or more years

65.1%

.

.

.

.

.

67.5%

64.6%

Unknown

68.5%

.

.

.

.

.

77.9%

68.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

66.9%

.

.

.

.

.

68.5%

66.8%

1 location only

65.3%

.

.

.

.

.

66.5%

63.8%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

61.4%

.

.

.

.

.

67.3%

60.1%

25-49 %

67.4%

.

.

.

.

.

59.3%

69.3%

50-74 %

61.2%

.

.

.

.

.

63.8%

60.4%

75% or more

67.0%

.

.

.

.

.

67.2%

66.9%

Union presence

No union employees

67.8%

.

.

.

.

.

66.9%

68.1%

Has union employees

60.0%

.

.

.

.

.

66.7%

59.6%

Unknown

68.0%

.

.

.

.

.

47.7%

68.5%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

74.8%

.

.

.

.

.

67.7%

75.9%

Less than 50% low wage

64.8%

.

.

.

.

.

66.5%

64.4%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

. 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.

United States

0.64%

1.33%

1.90%

1.58%

1.61%

1.11%

0.74%

0.71%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

9.17%

.

.

.

.

.

8.47%

12.11%

Mining and manufacturing

1.01%

.

.

.

.

.

2.51%

1.00%

Construction

1.91%

.

.

.

.

.

3.13%

3.34%

Utilities and transp.

1.58%

.

.

.

.

.

6.59%

1.75%

Wholesale trade

1.58%

.

.

.

.

.

2.52%

2.32%

Fin. svs. and real estate

2.69%

.

.

.

.

.

2.66%

2.95%

Retail trade

1.09%

.

.

.

.

.

0.95%

1.10%

Professional services

1.62%

.

.

.

.

.

1.57%

1.78%

Other services

0.85%

.

.

.

.

.

2.15%

1.32%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.54%

.

.

.

.

.

0.78%

0.63%

For profit, unincorporated

1.08%

.

.

.

.

.

1.59%

1.43%

Nonprofit

1.98%

.

.

.

.

.

2.71%

2.07%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

3.04%

.

.

.

.

.

2.45%

6.37%

5-9 years

1.65%

.

.

.

.

.

2.48%

2.17%

10-19 years

1.79%

.

.

.

.

.

2.48%

2.20%

20 or more years

0.82%

.

.

.

.

.

1.24%

0.94%

Unknown

1.40%

.

.

.

.

.

4.48%

1.41%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.90%

.

.

.

.

.

2.38%

0.93%

1 location only

1.00%

.

.

.

.

.

0.84%

1.83%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

4.33%

.

.

.

.

.

4.26%

4.51%

25-49 %

2.29%

.

.

.

.

.

3.73%

2.78%

50-74 %

1.93%

.

.

.

.

.

1.80%

2.45%

75% or more

0.72%

.

.

.

.

.

0.87%

0.78%

Union presence

No union employees

0.52%

.

.

.

.

.

0.67%

0.60%

Has union employees

2.14%

.

.

.

.

.

4.38%

2.12%

Unknown

2.44%

.

.

.

.

.

8.81%

2.37%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.85%

.

.

.

.

.

2.22%

0.79%

Less than 50% low wage

0.73%

.

.

.

.

.

0.83%

0.83%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

. 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.