| 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 | 51.2% | 75.9% | 57.0% | 47.1% | 32.6% | 16.8% | 68.3% | 25.2% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 76.9% | 84.4% | 62.7% | 64.5% | -- | -- | 79.0% | 58.4% |
| Mining | 67.2% | 70.8% | 90.1% | 60.7% | -- | -- | 71.6% | 48.7% |
| Construction | 66.4% | 75.3% | 52.9% | 54.6% | -- | -- | 67.4% | 56.1% |
| Manufacturing | 49.3% | 75.9% | 52.7% | 43.2% | -- | -- | 61.3% | 30.8% |
| Transp., commu., util. | 58.0% | 74.8% | 49.2% | 46.6% | -- | -- | 64.9% | 52.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 56.9% | 82.0% | 56.9% | 49.5% | -- | -- | 72.4% | 31.6% |
| Retail Trade | 31.4% | 64.8% | 50.2% | 38.3% | -- | -- | 56.6% | 14.6% |
| Fin., ins., real est. | 44.2% | 79.6% | 70.3% | 56.7% | -- | -- | 75.9% | 19.3% |
| Services | 60.1% | 76.6% | 60.6% | 49.1% | -- | -- | 71.1% | 30.7% |
| Unknown | 95.1% | 95.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | 95.1% | 0.0% |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 47.7% | 75.1% | 55.6% | 45.7% | -- | -- | 66.1% | 23.4% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 66.6% | 76.6% | 58.0% | 41.2% | -- | -- | 73.4% | 24.3% |
| Nonprofit | 63.6% | 80.2% | 67.4% | 55.5% | -- | -- | 74.0% | 46.3% |
| Unknown | 32.5% | 76.6% | 30.7% * | 69.2% | -- | -- | 69.9% | 19.8% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 65.0% | 72.7% | 51.2% | 43.7% | -- | -- | 67.5% | 30.7% |
| 5-9 years | 63.0% | 72.1% | 54.1% | 45.0% | -- | -- | 66.2% | 34.0% |
| 10-19 years | 65.3% | 78.8% | 57.9% | 46.6% | -- | -- | 70.8% | 36.3% |
| 20 or more years | 49.3% | 79.9% | 61.3% | 49.9% | -- | -- | 70.2% | 26.2% |
| Unknown | 24.8% | 65.7% | 47.1% | 44.3% | -- | -- | 50.4% | 21.7% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 26.2% | 49.8% | 50.6% | 44.0% | -- | -- | 48.3% | 23.2% |
| 1 location only | 68.3% | 76.6% | 57.9% | 49.5% | -- | -- | 70.1% | 43.4% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 55.7% | 81.3% | 57.4% | 58.7% | -- | -- | 73.0% | 30.6% |
| 25-49 % | 39.7% | 75.8% | 61.3% | 39.6% | -- | -- | 67.0% | 15.9% |
| 50-74 % | 49.5% | 70.3% | 55.7% | 43.0% | -- | -- | 64.9% | 20.7% |
| 75% or more | 52.4% | 76.8% | 56.9% | 47.9% | -- | -- | 68.8% | 26.9% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 51.7% | 76.0% | 55.8% | 47.2% | -- | -- | 68.1% | 22.3% |
| Has union employees | 51.3% | 79.6% | 79.7% | 55.3% | -- | -- | 75.8% | 40.4% |
| Unknown | 44.8% | 71.6% | 62.2% | 32.5% | -- | -- | 66.4% | 32.2% |
| Percent low wage employees ** | ||||||||
| 50% or more low wage | 41.8% | 75.1% | 58.0% | 41.8% | -- | -- | 67.4% | 17.4% |
| Less than 50% low wage | 58.2% | 76.2% | 57.0% | 48.3% | -- | -- | 68.7% | 30.5% |
| Unknown | 28.7% | 72.5% | 54.5% | 40.7% | -- | -- | 63.5% | 20.8% |
| Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1997 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 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. | ||||||||
| 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 | 0.45% | 0.70% | 0.99% | 1.61% | 1.09% | 0.73% | 0.42% | 0.59% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 4.26% | 3.88% | 10.28% | 13.87% | -- | -- | 4.11% | 8.56% |
| Mining | 8.32% | 15.28% | 23.37% | 15.64% | -- | -- | 10.05% | 13.56% |
| Construction | 2.70% | 3.81% | 1.84% | 5.08% | -- | -- | 3.03% | 4.84% |
| Manufacturing | 2.15% | 1.99% | 3.13% | 3.05% | -- | -- | 1.80% | 1.69% |
| Transp., commu., util. | 2.65% | 3.47% | 6.00% | 7.20% | -- | -- | 3.90% | 2.95% |
| Wholesale trade | 1.49% | 2.20% | 4.26% | 3.22% | -- | -- | 2.03% | 2.31% |
| Retail Trade | 0.97% | 2.08% | 3.46% | 3.19% | -- | -- | 1.48% | 1.00% |
| Fin., ins., real est. | 1.51% | 2.53% | 5.82% | 3.77% | -- | -- | 3.02% | 2.68% |
| Services | 0.81% | 1.20% | 2.04% | 2.30% | -- | -- | 1.15% | 1.20% |
| Unknown | 20.25% | 20.25% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -- | -- | 20.25% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 0.54% | 0.66% | 0.99% | 2.00% | -- | -- | 0.45% | 0.72% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 1.46% | 1.95% | 2.97% | 5.02% | -- | -- | 1.53% | 3.58% |
| Nonprofit | 1.80% | 1.78% | 3.85% | 3.32% | -- | -- | 2.03% | 2.25% |
| Unknown | 2.71% | 7.34% | 13.53% * | 10.99% | -- | -- | 6.29% | 3.67% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 1.21% | 1.51% | 3.54% | 3.40% | -- | -- | 1.37% | 3.39% |
| 5-9 years | 1.56% | 2.27% | 2.91% | 1.86% | -- | -- | 1.68% | 2.88% |
| 10-19 years | 1.22% | 1.37% | 2.30% | 2.35% | -- | -- | 1.10% | 2.79% |
| 20 or more years | 1.12% | 1.36% | 2.05% | 2.20% | -- | -- | 1.10% | 1.14% |
| Unknown | 0.77% | 8.37% | 3.64% | 5.19% | -- | -- | 3.83% | 0.91% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 0.46% | 6.62% | 4.16% | 2.77% | -- | -- | 2.20% | 0.55% |
| 1 location only | 0.56% | 0.69% | 0.84% | 1.29% | -- | -- | 0.50% | 2.18% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 2.27% | 3.69% | 7.27% | 7.66% | -- | -- | 4.26% | 3.82% |
| 25-49 % | 1.79% | 2.48% | 4.98% | 3.62% | -- | -- | 1.88% | 2.14% |
| 50-74 % | 1.10% | 2.17% | 3.73% | 3.55% | -- | -- | 1.30% | 2.29% |
| 75% or more | 0.56% | 0.71% | 1.24% | 1.99% | -- | -- | 0.45% | 0.97% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 0.61% | 0.61% | 1.19% | 1.74% | -- | -- | 0.43% | 0.89% |
| Has union employees | 2.52% | 6.52% | 4.77% | 5.50% | -- | -- | 3.92% | 2.47% |
| Unknown | 2.81% | 4.08% | 6.29% | 8.11% | -- | -- | 2.58% | 2.99% |
| Percent low wage employees ** | ||||||||
| 50% or more low wage | 2.43% | 3.00% | 3.40% | 5.44% | -- | -- | 2.30% | 1.98% |
| Less than 50% low wage | 0.54% | 0.83% | 0.82% | 1.29% | -- | -- | 0.47% | 1.07% |
| Unknown | 0.90% | 2.95% | 6.86% | 7.77% | -- | -- | 2.39% | 1.10% |
| Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1997 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 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. | ||||||||