Table I.B.2.a(2012) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2012
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 77.8%    79.9%    77.5%    76.4%    75.0%    79.0%    77.9%    77.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 67.8%    73.5%    83.6%    75.4%    60.8%    66.0%    73.9%    65.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 93.3%    83.5%    86.5%    91.8%    91.8%    95.3%    88.4%    94.0%   
Construction 81.2%    84.3%    82.4%    87.8%    77.2%    71.4%    84.0%    78.7%   
Utilities and transp. 87.3%    85.7%    81.7%    85.6%    83.3%    88.8%    83.8%    87.7%   
Wholesale trade 88.4%    89.3%    89.0%    88.8%    88.7%    87.8%    89.6%    88.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 89.8%    86.6%    85.6%    89.5%    89.7%    90.3%    86.6%    90.2%   
Retail trade 63.8%    74.9%    68.0%    72.6%    70.5%    60.5%    70.5%    62.7%   
Professional services 80.3%    82.5%    80.9%    78.9%    76.1%    82.2%    81.1%    80.2%   
Other services 63.2%    69.1%    64.2%    56.1%    53.2%    68.8%    63.2%    63.2%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 78.4%    82.3%    79.0%    79.6%    76.4%    78.4%    80.3%    78.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 75.7%    78.9%    79.0%    72.1%    71.6%    78.2%    75.9%    75.7%   
Nonprofit 76.5%    64.6%    64.9%    68.2%    73.6%    82.2%    65.9%    78.1%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 74.7%    80.7%    78.2%    69.9%    73.6%    75.9%    76.7%    72.8%   
5-9 years 76.3%    80.2%    74.6%    76.6%    76.3%    69.6%    76.7%    76.0%   
10-19 years 75.2%    79.5%    79.8%    76.3%    69.7%    75.7%    78.9%    72.8%   
20 or more years 78.4%    79.8%    77.0%    77.6%    76.2%    79.2%    78.0%    78.5%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 78.7%    72.9%    79.2%    81.7%    76.1%    79.2%    80.4%    78.7%   
1 location only 75.7%    80.0%    77.4%    75.2%    73.4%    72.0%    77.7%    73.8%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 32.9%    38.6%    27.0%    32.7%    30.3%    34.3%    30.6%    33.3%   
25-49 % 51.7%    45.9%    40.3%    41.1%    42.9%    58.0%    42.0%    53.4%   
50-74 % 67.7%    70.0%    66.1%    62.8%    62.3%    70.3%    66.4%    67.9%   
75% or more 86.8%    89.0%    86.8%    87.3%    85.0%    87.2%    87.8%    86.6%   
Union presence
No union employees 77.2%    79.7%    77.6%    76.0%    74.6%    79.0%    77.7%    77.1%   
Has union employees 77.6%    86.9%    78.7%    82.0%    79.1%    77.0%    82.1%    77.4%   
Unknown 80.4%    84.1%    63.4%    87.8%    71.7%    80.7%    76.5%    80.5%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 57.1%    61.1%    50.9%    52.6%    53.5%    59.8%    55.2%    57.4%   
Less than 50% low wage 85.0%    83.7%    83.3%    83.4%    84.3%    85.9%    83.2%    85.4%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** 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.B.2.a(2012) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2012
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 0.25%    0.73%    0.58%    0.92%    0.81%    0.54%    0.50%    0.29%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.09%    5.45%    11.32%    10.47%    8.61%    8.61%    3.86%    6.24%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.34%    1.77%    1.45%    1.20%    1.26%    0.44%    1.01%    0.33%   
Construction 1.11%    1.11%    2.52%    2.05%    4.57%    3.77%    1.35%    1.77%   
Utilities and transp. 0.99%    3.01%    5.84%    2.10%    3.96%    0.90%    1.42%    1.12%   
Wholesale trade 1.01%    2.66%    1.91%    1.50%    3.12%    1.81%    1.40%    1.34%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.79%    1.82%    2.32%    1.50%    1.11%    1.28%    0.78%    0.89%   
Retail trade 0.90%    1.61%    3.13%    2.24%    1.98%    1.08%    1.16%    0.94%   
Professional services 0.42%    0.59%    1.21%    1.49%    1.15%    0.88%    0.68%    0.54%   
Other services 0.95%    1.96%    2.85%    1.14%    1.18%    1.42%    1.38%    1.17%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.25%    0.94%    0.65%    0.80%    1.15%    0.57%    0.48%    0.30%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.69%    1.44%    1.64%    2.35%    1.74%    1.08%    1.05%    0.97%   
Nonprofit 0.93%    2.77%    2.66%    1.08%    1.00%    1.19%    1.57%    0.92%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.18%    2.25%    3.35%    4.23%    4.00%    5.96%    1.80%    3.03%   
5-9 years 0.99%    1.73%    1.64%    1.77%    2.14%    6.79%    1.35%    1.90%   
10-19 years 1.14%    1.67%    1.79%    1.97%    2.43%    2.91%    0.88%    1.57%   
20 or more years 0.31%    1.05%    1.28%    0.70%    0.73%    0.54%    0.73%    0.35%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.35%    5.31%    2.34%    1.23%    0.84%    0.55%    1.04%    0.36%   
1 location only 0.44%    0.69%    0.51%    1.10%    1.16%    2.41%    0.55%    0.70%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.25%    3.32%    4.14%    3.22%    2.70%    1.82%    1.78%    1.47%   
25-49 % 0.83%    1.88%    2.39%    1.33%    1.57%    0.81%    1.39%    0.83%   
50-74 % 0.52%    1.97%    1.64%    0.74%    1.23%    0.86%    1.14%    0.55%   
75% or more 0.33%    0.60%    0.70%    0.50%    0.82%    0.61%    0.40%    0.42%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.36%    0.70%    0.56%    1.06%    0.99%    0.66%    0.50%    0.43%   
Has union employees 0.66%    3.68%    3.64%    2.12%    1.84%    0.80%    2.22%    0.68%   
Unknown 0.99%    10.26%    10.89%    10.02%    2.87%    1.04%    3.92%    1.03%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 0.43%    1.98%    1.86%    1.34%    1.31%    0.72%    1.00%    0.48%   
Less than 50% low wage 0.33%    0.61%    0.66%    0.92%    0.60%    0.56%    0.61%    0.38%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** 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.