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

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United States

26.5%

11.6%

29.0%

66.2%

11.1%

52.1%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

14.4%

10.5%

30.1%

*

75.2%

10.3%

45.1%

Mining

42.5%

11.2%

*

21.3%

*

86.9%

7.9%

*

69.0%

Construction

14.2%

13.0%

36.3%

65.6%

12.6%

32.5%

Manufacturing

24.0%

9.1%

42.6%

66.8%

7.9%

49.3%

Transp., commu., util.

36.2%

9.9%

27.8%

72.0%

8.9%

60.4%

Wholesale trade

26.0%

12.3%

42.6%

59.1%

10.7%

50.9%

Retail trade

38.1%

9.6%

26.8%

71.4%

8.6%

59.6%

Fin., ins., real est.

37.8%

9.4%

28.8%

74.6%

8.6%

63.5%

Services

19.2%

12.9%

23.4%

50.2%

12.8%

36.6%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

29.0%

10.8%

30.3%

69.3%

10.1%

55.9%

For profit, unincorporated

12.6%

9.5%

34.3%

48.3%

9.2%

36.9%

Nonprofit

22.1%

19.5%

21.8%

43.3%

19.9%

26.7%

Unknown

52.3%

38.3%

*

39.2%

54.0%

40.9%

*

52.6%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

12.3%

11.2%

10.9%

*

48.7%

10.9%

25.2%

5-9 years

11.7%

10.6%

19.8%

34.1%

10.6%

20.7%

10-19 years

12.8%

9.2%

25.4%

56.1%

9.1%

30.0%

20 or more years

28.5%

13.4%

30.4%

77.9%

12.3%

53.4%

Unknown

60.1%

36.2%

40.5%

62.0%

39.1%

60.6%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

50.1%

18.1%

29.6%

66.3%

16.8%

55.3%

1 location only

11.0%

10.7%

25.2%

52.0%

10.5%

19.6%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

30.2%

16.3%

15.5%

66.4%

17.3%

46.4%

25-49%

36.2%

12.6%

18.2%

73.3%

12.7%

55.5%

50-74%

24.4%

11.9%

27.3%

59.0%

11.6%

46.8%

75% or more

25.7%

11.2%

32.2%

66.4%

10.6%

53.0%

Union presence

No union employees

23.9%

10.9%

27.9%

70.5%

10.4%

51.5%

Has union employees

59.1%

29.7%

41.3%

81.9%

29.9%

73.5%

Unknown

28.1%

8.9%

31.3%

34.7%

8.3%

34.1%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

24.1%

12.2%

14.7%

72.9%

12.1%

42.6%

Less than 50% low wage

18.8%

11.3%

29.2%

70.6%

10.7%

43.9%

Unknown

57.9%

20.4%

43.1%

63.7%

18.9%

62.3%

Source: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 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.

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

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United States

0.73%

0.59%

1.15%

1.37%

0.59%

1.06%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

2.48%

2.35%

14.13%

*

7.50%

2.23%

6.75%

Mining

8.45%

12.93%

*

13.36%

*

8.06%

8.86%

*

7.31%

Construction

1.78%

1.75%

4.91%

6.45%

1.79%

4.28%

Manufacturing

1.57%

1.01%

3.30%

2.50%

0.82%

2.57%

Transp., commu., util.

2.74%

1.89%

6.49%

5.12%

1.96%

3.92%

Wholesale trade

2.15%

1.76%

5.80%

4.00%

1.54%

3.91%

Retail trade

1.43%

1.13%

2.62%

1.35%

1.03%

1.15%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.60%

1.37%

3.10%

3.23%

1.56%

2.29%

Services

0.53%

0.59%

2.26%

1.55%

0.66%

1.52%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.98%

0.66%

1.59%

1.52%

0.67%

1.24%

For profit, unincorporated

1.38%

1.07%

4.35%

6.39%

1.13%

4.33%

Nonprofit

1.11%

1.20%

1.55%

2.93%

1.46%

1.85%

Unknown

2.86%

14.70%

*

10.64%

3.13%

14.50%

*

2.83%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.19%

1.29%

4.57%

*

6.78%

1.30%

3.09%

5-9 years

0.96%

0.86%

3.79%

6.32%

0.82%

2.27%

10-19 years

0.61%

0.62%

2.48%

5.83%

0.69%

2.10%

20 or more years

1.08%

0.91%

1.94%

1.58%

0.79%

1.57%

Unknown

1.63%

6.38%

4.70%

1.90%

9.83%

1.74%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1.16%

1.90%

1.22%

1.37%

1.85%

1.07%

1 location only

0.54%

0.55%

1.45%

6.12%

0.55%

1.36%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.34%

2.35%

4.31%

3.94%

2.34%

3.34%

25-49%

2.04%

1.81%

3.42%

2.15%

1.90%

2.31%

50-74%

1.18%

0.91%

3.34%

2.39%

1.19%

2.06%

75% or more

0.76%

0.66%

1.62%

1.68%

0.62%

1.24%

Union presence

No union employees

0.71%

0.62%

1.12%

1.06%

0.63%

0.86%

Has union employees

2.44%

2.23%

4.77%

2.60%

2.88%

2.15%

Unknown

1.74%

2.03%

8.50%

2.61%

2.35%

2.47%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

2.10%

2.15%

3.09%

4.26%

2.55%

4.01%

Less than 50% low wage

0.56%

0.53%

1.44%

1.10%

0.50%

1.04%

Unknown

1.71%

2.34%

4.55%

1.85%

2.46%

1.74%

Source: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 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.