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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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 |
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United States |
58.4% |
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39.3% |
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69.9% |
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85.3% |
|
95.2% |
|
99.1% |
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47.1% |
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96.9% |
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Industry group |
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Agric., fish., forest. |
29.3% |
24.3% |
41.0% |
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83.9% |
|
88.9% |
|
98.8% |
|
26.9% |
|
92.0% |
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Mining |
68.9% |
32.0% |
* |
84.4% |
|
97.2% |
|
100.0% |
|
100.0% |
|
49.0% |
|
100.0% |
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Construction |
48.8% |
38.5% |
74.6% |
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90.9% |
|
92.8% |
|
100.0% |
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46.9% |
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93.7% |
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Manufacturing |
76.9% |
53.6% |
83.5% |
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91.9% |
|
98.3% |
|
99.8% |
|
67.5% |
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98.4% |
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Transp., commu., util. |
67.5% |
42.1% |
74.6% |
|
89.0% |
|
92.4% |
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98.7% |
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50.2% |
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97.1% |
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Wholesale trade |
71.0% |
49.1% |
86.6% |
|
93.1% |
|
98.0% |
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99.8% |
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60.5% |
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98.6% |
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Retail trade |
59.0% |
29.5% |
55.8% |
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75.2% |
93.7% |
|
99.4% |
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38.4% |
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96.9% |
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Fin., ins., real est. |
68.3% |
43.6% |
84.5% |
93.2% |
96.1% |
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99.6% |
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50.6% |
98.8% |
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Services |
56.6% |
42.8% |
71.8% |
85.4% |
95.3% |
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97.9% |
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49.2% |
95.1% |
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Unknown |
11.3% |
* |
15.7% |
* |
***** |
***** |
***** |
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***** |
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11.4% |
* |
0.0% |
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Ownership |
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For profit, incorporated |
67.5% |
46.9% |
73.6% |
86.3% |
95.4% |
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99.5% |
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55.6% |
97.3% |
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For profit, unincorporated |
34.0% |
28.9% |
49.5% |
72.1% |
97.4% |
|
91.4% |
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31.3% |
92.4% |
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Nonprofit |
62.1% |
44.0% |
75.8% |
90.7% |
96.9% |
|
99.2% |
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52.9% |
96.3% |
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Unknown |
48.4% |
|
1.6% |
* |
29.9% |
* |
38.4% |
* |
78.6% |
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98.6% |
|
2.6% |
* |
95.1% |
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Age of firm |
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Less than 5 years |
37.2% |
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31.6% |
53.8% |
68.7% |
83.4% |
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90.4% |
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35.1% |
85.0% |
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5-9 years |
45.4% |
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37.2% |
62.9% |
78.0% |
93.1% |
|
90.1% |
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42.7% |
90.2% |
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10-19 years |
52.9% |
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40.6% |
70.8% |
83.8% |
92.6% |
|
93.6% |
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48.5% |
91.5% |
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20 or more years |
67.3% |
|
45.5% |
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78.7% |
91.9% |
|
96.8% |
|
99.6% |
|
56.0% |
|
97.5% |
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Unknown |
97.4% |
|
47.1% |
|
59.6% |
|
75.1% |
|
97.0% |
|
99.7% |
|
56.0% |
|
99.1% |
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Multi/single status |
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2 or more locations |
94.7% |
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70.6% |
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78.1% |
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88.7% |
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95.6% |
|
99.2% |
|
79.8% |
|
97.5% |
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1 location only |
46.6% |
|
38.9% |
|
68.8% |
|
82.9% |
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92.8% |
|
97.1% |
|
45.3% |
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90.5% |
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Percent full-time employees |
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Less than 25% |
20.8% |
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10.2% |
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23.5% |
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49.7% |
|
82.6% |
|
95.9% |
|
13.0% |
|
86.5% |
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25-49% |
61.8% |
|
33.9% |
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60.5% |
|
76.4% |
|
95.0% |
|
99.4% |
|
42.9% |
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96.7% |
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50-74% |
56.5% |
|
39.5% |
|
64.1% |
|
79.4% |
|
92.6% |
|
99.0% |
|
45.8% |
|
95.4% |
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75% or more |
64.8% |
|
46.2% |
|
78.2% |
|
91.2% |
|
97.0% |
|
99.3% |
|
54.5% |
|
98.0% |
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Union presence |
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No union employees |
56.5% |
|
39.3% |
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70.2% |
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85.2% |
|
95.2% |
|
98.8% |
|
47.0% |
|
96.3% |
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Has union employees |
89.5% |
|
63.3% |
|
87.9% |
|
95.4% |
|
98.4% |
|
100.0% |
|
74.2% |
|
99.6% |
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Unknown |
64.8% |
|
27.4% |
|
35.5% |
|
69.1% |
|
88.6% |
|
99.6% |
|
30.7% |
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97.8% |
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Percent low wage employees |
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50% or more low wage |
33.5% |
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19.9% |
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36.3% |
|
60.1% |
|
84.8% |
|
97.2% |
|
24.0% |
|
86.8% |
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Less than 50% low wage |
58.8% |
|
43.9% |
|
75.9% |
|
89.7% |
|
96.7% |
|
98.2% |
|
52.2% |
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96.5% |
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Unknown |
76.9% |
|
21.6% |
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39.4% |
|
67.8% |
|
95.9% |
|
99.7% |
|
25.7% |
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99.1% |
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Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component. |
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Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix. |
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*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision. |
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***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell. |
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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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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 |
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_________ |
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United States |
0.41% |
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0.39% |
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1.18% |
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1.12% |
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0.68% |
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0.21% |
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0.43% |
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0.17% |
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Industry group |
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Agric., fish., forest. |
1.25% |
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1.62% |
4.91% |
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7.71% |
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13.87% |
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0.50% |
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1.46% |
|
5.99% |
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Mining |
6.78% |
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11.94% |
* |
22.04% |
|
14.52% |
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14.91% |
|
0.00% |
|
11.93% |
|
0.00% |
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Construction |
1.55% |
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1.64% |
2.90% |
2.27% |
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2.58% |
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0.00% |
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1.67% |
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1.86% |
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Manufacturing |
1.16% |
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2.73% |
2.15% |
1.16% |
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0.50% |
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0.18% |
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1.94% |
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0.29% |
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Transp., commu., util. |
2.09% |
3.39% |
4.01% |
3.98% |
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2.93% |
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0.80% |
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2.66% |
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1.05% |
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Wholesale trade |
1.41% |
2.71% |
3.44% |
2.27% |
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1.11% |
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0.18% |
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2.04% |
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0.51% |
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Retail trade |
0.53% |
0.67% |
1.21% |
1.62% |
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1.67% |
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0.26% |
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0.61% |
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0.43% |
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Fin., ins., real est. |
1.18% |
2.12% |
3.56% |
1.88% |
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2.04% |
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0.26% |
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2.00% |
0.44% |
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Services |
0.85% |
0.94% |
1.35% |
2.07% |
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0.75% |
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0.66% |
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0.93% |
0.56% |
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Unknown |
7.66% |
* |
8.03% |
* |
***** |
***** |
***** |
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***** |
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7.67% |
* |
0.00% |
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Ownership |
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For profit, incorporated |
0.62% |
0.64% |
1.57% |
1.05% |
0.75% |
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0.15% |
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0.78% |
0.25% |
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For profit, unincorporated |
0.56% |
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0.60% |
3.36% |
4.72% |
0.80% |
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2.65% |
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0.59% |
1.52% |
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Nonprofit |
1.00% |
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1.75% |
2.25% |
1.63% |
0.96% |
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0.52% |
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1.21% |
0.86% |
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Unknown |
2.83% |
|
0.85% |
* |
11.67% |
* |
11.91% |
* |
5.73% |
|
1.02% |
|
0.94% |
* |
0.85% |
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Age of firm |
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Less than 5 years |
1.15% |
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1.07% |
2.98% |
3.36% |
5.01% |
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4.02% |
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1.18% |
2.69% |
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5-9 years |
0.82% |
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0.88% |
2.02% |
2.14% |
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2.20% |
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6.95% |
|
0.89% |
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1.77% |
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10-19 years |
0.92% |
|
1.14% |
1.55% |
|
1.76% |
|
1.80% |
|
3.48% |
|
0.93% |
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1.31% |
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20 or more years |
0.62% |
|
0.99% |
|
1.15% |
|
0.51% |
|
0.89% |
|
0.26% |
|
0.85% |
|
0.22% |
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Unknown |
0.43% |
|
12.36% |
|
11.24% |
|
6.27% |
|
1.14% |
|
0.12% |
|
7.83% |
|
0.18% |
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Multi/single status |
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2 or more locations |
0.20% |
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4.72% |
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2.13% |
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1.20% |
|
0.72% |
|
0.21% |
|
1.15% |
|
0.18% |
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1 location only |
0.45% |
|
0.43% |
|
1.37% |
|
1.21% |
|
1.05% |
|
1.49% |
|
0.44% |
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0.52% |
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Percent full-time employees |
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Less than 25% |
0.81% |
|
0.77% |
|
2.46% |
|
3.98% |
|
2.42% |
|
2.68% |
|
0.73% |
|
2.33% |
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25-49% |
1.15% |
|
1.81% |
|
3.94% |
|
3.84% |
|
1.91% |
|
0.52% |
|
1.45% |
|
0.71% |
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50-74% |
0.92% |
|
1.10% |
|
1.53% |
|
2.71% |
|
2.68% |
|
0.49% |
|
0.92% |
|
0.86% |
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75% or more |
0.45% |
|
0.49% |
|
1.34% |
|
0.64% |
|
0.55% |
|
0.19% |
|
0.47% |
|
0.23% |
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Union presence |
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No union employees |
0.42% |
|
0.44% |
|
1.20% |
|
1.02% |
|
0.73% |
|
0.31% |
|
0.42% |
|
0.20% |
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Has union employees |
1.40% |
|
4.52% |
|
3.48% |
|
1.10% |
|
0.94% |
|
0.01% |
|
2.93% |
|
0.18% |
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Unknown |
1.86% |
|
2.75% |
|
5.52% |
|
7.80% |
|
6.61% |
|
0.19% |
|
2.42% |
|
0.57% |
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Percent low wage employees |
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50% or more low wage |
1.27% |
|
1.32% |
|
2.96% |
|
2.20% |
|
3.08% |
|
1.30% |
|
1.31% |
|
1.55% |
|
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Less than 50% low wage |
0.39% |
|
0.46% |
|
0.98% |
|
0.83% |
|
0.68% |
|
0.45% |
|
0.46% |
|
0.32% |
|
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Unknown |
0.91% |
|
1.51% |
|
5.13% |
|
5.10% |
|
1.59% |
|
0.15% |
|
1.27% |
|
0.18% |
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Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component. |
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Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix. |
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*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision. |
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***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell. |