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

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United States

58.4%

39.3%

69.9%

85.3%

95.2%

99.1%

47.1%

96.9%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

29.3%

24.3%

41.0%

83.9%

88.9%

98.8%

26.9%

92.0%

Mining

68.9%

32.0%

*

84.4%

97.2%

100.0%

100.0%

49.0%

100.0%

Construction

48.8%

38.5%

74.6%

90.9%

92.8%

100.0%

46.9%

93.7%

Manufacturing

76.9%

53.6%

83.5%

91.9%

98.3%

99.8%

67.5%

98.4%

Transp., commu., util.

67.5%

42.1%

74.6%

89.0%

92.4%

98.7%

50.2%

97.1%

Wholesale trade

71.0%

49.1%

86.6%

93.1%

98.0%

99.8%

60.5%

98.6%

Retail trade

59.0%

29.5%

55.8%

75.2%

93.7%

99.4%

38.4%

96.9%

Fin., ins., real est.

68.3%

43.6%

84.5%

93.2%

96.1%

99.6%

50.6%

98.8%

Services

56.6%

42.8%

71.8%

85.4%

95.3%

97.9%

49.2%

95.1%

Unknown

11.3%

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15.7%

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11.4%

*

0.0%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

67.5%

46.9%

73.6%

86.3%

95.4%

99.5%

55.6%

97.3%

For profit, unincorporated

34.0%

28.9%

49.5%

72.1%

97.4%

91.4%

31.3%

92.4%

Nonprofit

62.1%

44.0%

75.8%

90.7%

96.9%

99.2%

52.9%

96.3%

Unknown

48.4%

1.6%

*

29.9%

*

38.4%

*

78.6%

98.6%

2.6%

*

95.1%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

37.2%

31.6%

53.8%

68.7%

83.4%

90.4%

35.1%

85.0%

5-9 years

45.4%

37.2%

62.9%

78.0%

93.1%

90.1%

42.7%

90.2%

10-19 years

52.9%

40.6%

70.8%

83.8%

92.6%

93.6%

48.5%

91.5%

20 or more years

67.3%

45.5%

78.7%

91.9%

96.8%

99.6%

56.0%

97.5%

Unknown

97.4%

47.1%

59.6%

75.1%

97.0%

99.7%

56.0%

99.1%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

94.7%

70.6%

78.1%

88.7%

95.6%

99.2%

79.8%

97.5%

1 location only

46.6%

38.9%

68.8%

82.9%

92.8%

97.1%

45.3%

90.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

20.8%

10.2%

23.5%

49.7%

82.6%

95.9%

13.0%

86.5%

25-49%

61.8%

33.9%

60.5%

76.4%

95.0%

99.4%

42.9%

96.7%

50-74%

56.5%

39.5%

64.1%

79.4%

92.6%

99.0%

45.8%

95.4%

75% or more

64.8%

46.2%

78.2%

91.2%

97.0%

99.3%

54.5%

98.0%

Union presence

No union employees

56.5%

39.3%

70.2%

85.2%

95.2%

98.8%

47.0%

96.3%

Has union employees

89.5%

63.3%

87.9%

95.4%

98.4%

100.0%

74.2%

99.6%

Unknown

64.8%

27.4%

35.5%

69.1%

88.6%

99.6%

30.7%

97.8%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

33.5%

19.9%

36.3%

60.1%

84.8%

97.2%

24.0%

86.8%

Less than 50% low wage

58.8%

43.9%

75.9%

89.7%

96.7%

98.2%

52.2%

96.5%

Unknown

76.9%

21.6%

39.4%

67.8%

95.9%

99.7%

25.7%

99.1%

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.

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

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United States

0.41%

0.39%

1.18%

1.12%

0.68%

0.21%

0.43%

0.17%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

1.25%

1.62%

4.91%

7.71%

13.87%

0.50%

1.46%

5.99%

Mining

6.78%

11.94%

*

22.04%

14.52%

14.91%

0.00%

11.93%

0.00%

Construction

1.55%

1.64%

2.90%

2.27%

2.58%

0.00%

1.67%

1.86%

Manufacturing

1.16%

2.73%

2.15%

1.16%

0.50%

0.18%

1.94%

0.29%

Transp., commu., util.

2.09%

3.39%

4.01%

3.98%

2.93%

0.80%

2.66%

1.05%

Wholesale trade

1.41%

2.71%

3.44%

2.27%

1.11%

0.18%

2.04%

0.51%

Retail trade

0.53%

0.67%

1.21%

1.62%

1.67%

0.26%

0.61%

0.43%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.18%

2.12%

3.56%

1.88%

2.04%

0.26%

2.00%

0.44%

Services

0.85%

0.94%

1.35%

2.07%

0.75%

0.66%

0.93%

0.56%

Unknown

7.66%

*

8.03%

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7.67%

*

0.00%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.62%

0.64%

1.57%

1.05%

0.75%

0.15%

0.78%

0.25%

For profit, unincorporated

0.56%

0.60%

3.36%

4.72%

0.80%

2.65%

0.59%

1.52%

Nonprofit

1.00%

1.75%

2.25%

1.63%

0.96%

0.52%

1.21%

0.86%

Unknown

2.83%

0.85%

*

11.67%

*

11.91%

*

5.73%

1.02%

0.94%

*

0.85%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.15%

1.07%

2.98%

3.36%

5.01%

4.02%

1.18%

2.69%

5-9 years

0.82%

0.88%

2.02%

2.14%

2.20%

6.95%

0.89%

1.77%

10-19 years

0.92%

1.14%

1.55%

1.76%

1.80%

3.48%

0.93%

1.31%

20 or more years

0.62%

0.99%

1.15%

0.51%

0.89%

0.26%

0.85%

0.22%

Unknown

0.43%

12.36%

11.24%

6.27%

1.14%

0.12%

7.83%

0.18%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.20%

4.72%

2.13%

1.20%

0.72%

0.21%

1.15%

0.18%

1 location only

0.45%

0.43%

1.37%

1.21%

1.05%

1.49%

0.44%

0.52%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

0.81%

0.77%

2.46%

3.98%

2.42%

2.68%

0.73%

2.33%

25-49%

1.15%

1.81%

3.94%

3.84%

1.91%

0.52%

1.45%

0.71%

50-74%

0.92%

1.10%

1.53%

2.71%

2.68%

0.49%

0.92%

0.86%

75% or more

0.45%

0.49%

1.34%

0.64%

0.55%

0.19%

0.47%

0.23%

Union presence

No union employees

0.42%

0.44%

1.20%

1.02%

0.73%

0.31%

0.42%

0.20%

Has union employees

1.40%

4.52%

3.48%

1.10%

0.94%

0.01%

2.93%

0.18%

Unknown

1.86%

2.75%

5.52%

7.80%

6.61%

0.19%

2.42%

0.57%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.27%

1.32%

2.96%

2.20%

3.08%

1.30%

1.31%

1.55%

Less than 50% low wage

0.39%

0.46%

0.98%

0.83%

0.68%

0.45%

0.46%

0.32%

Unknown

0.91%

1.51%

5.13%

5.10%

1.59%

0.15%

1.27%

0.18%

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.