Table I.A.2.b.(1)(1999) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer an exclusive-provider plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

__________

United States

16.0%

23.3%

16.4%

16.3%

9.4%

5.4%

21.1%

7.5%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

14.0%

15.7%

7.1%

*

13.6%

*

22.6%

*

*****

14.8%

8.5%

*

Mining

0.5%

*

*****

*****

3.7%

*

*****

*****

*****

0.8%

*

Construction

21.1%

24.3%

17.2%

16.1%

12.9%

4.3%

*

21.5%

15.5%

Manufacturing

19.6%

30.3%

22.8%

17.1%

11.8%

7.2%

*

25.4%

10.3%

Transp., commu., util.

23.2%

30.6%

16.1%

*

21.8%

7.1%

*

24.2%

26.8%

20.0%

Wholesale trade

14.6%

21.0%

16.2%

15.8%

9.9%

*

4.1%

*

19.3%

7.0%

Retail trade

10.2%

25.6%

15.5%

12.0%

4.0%

1.2%

20.9%

2.4%

Fin., ins., real est.

11.1%

21.6%

12.4%

17.6%

7.2%

*

1.2%

*

20.5%

2.8%

Services

18.9%

22.7%

16.3%

18.5%

13.1%

11.5%

21.0%

13.1%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

14.4%

22.1%

15.6%

14.4%

8.1%

5.7%

19.7%

6.8%

For profit, unincorporated

21.2%

24.7%

16.3%

13.8%

6.0%

4.1%

*

23.2%

6.6%

Nonprofit

23.6%

26.9%

21.9%

28.0%

16.2%

16.4%

*

25.9%

19.1%

Unknown

0.9%

*

*****

27.6%

*

*****

2.6%

*

0.4%

*

11.2%

*

0.6%

*

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

17.1%

19.5%

10.7%

13.8%

10.2%

*

9.2%

*

17.8%

10.5%

5-9 years

20.3%

23.5%

12.9%

19.2%

14.9%

11.9%

*

21.1%

14.8%

10-19 years

19.6%

23.8%

18.6%

16.8%

7.2%

5.0%

*

22.0%

8.6%

20 or more years

16.8%

24.8%

17.6%

15.7%

10.7%

6.0%

21.8%

9.0%

Unknown

5.3%

9.2%

*

18.6%

*

19.2%

4.1%

5.0%

16.1%

5.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

7.8%

19.6%

*

12.9%

12.8%

8.4%

5.4%

15.1%

6.6%

1 location only

21.4%

23.3%

17.0%

19.0%

16.9%

20.7%

21.6%

16.6%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

15.4%

22.9%

27.3%

17.8%

*

6.2%

3.3%

*

24.2%

4.4%

25-49%

11.6%

27.9%

10.6%

*

14.0%

9.9%

0.6%

*

20.8%

4.0%

50-74%

14.9%

23.0%

18.7%

11.3%

8.3%

1.3%

*

20.9%

4.3%

75% or more

16.7%

23.0%

16.2%

17.3%

9.9%

7.3%

21.0%

9.0%

Union presence

No union employees

16.1%

23.1%

16.4%

16.3%

8.8%

2.6%

21.0%

6.2%

Has union employees

17.5%

22.4%

17.6%

18.4%

18.0%

15.6%

19.5%

16.5%

Unknown

11.5%

31.1%

14.2%

*

10.6%

*

6.5%

*

7.0%

26.9%

6.8%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

14.8%

23.6%

14.1%

15.7%

7.3%

0.5%

*

21.3%

4.8%

Less than 50% low wage

18.3%

22.8%

16.6%

16.3%

10.7%

8.2%

20.7%

10.5%

Unknown

7.4%

35.6%

14.9%

*

18.4%

4.2%

4.7%

30.1%

4.8%

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.b.(1)(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer an exclusive-provider plan  that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

__________

United States

0.44%

0.67%

0.50%

0.71%

0.73%

0.58%

0.60%

0.33%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

2.94%

3.92%

4.33%

*

4.85%

*

10.92%

*

*****

3.00%

3.62%

*

Mining

0.73%

*

*****

*****

10.22%

*

*****

*****

*****

3.33%

*

Construction

1.84%

2.53%

2.80%

2.21%

2.86%

1.82%

*

1.95%

2.90%

Manufacturing

1.36%

2.00%

4.26%

3.04%

1.82%

2.28%

*

2.12%

1.68%

Transp., commu., util.

2.81%

6.31%

5.77%

*

5.85%

2.73%

*

4.96%

4.59%

3.36%

Wholesale trade

1.35%

1.27%

4.47%

3.21%

3.17%

*

1.85%

*

1.57%

2.01%

Retail trade

0.57%

2.07%

2.12%

1.78%

0.70%

0.27%

1.27%

0.32%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.24%

3.06%

3.66%

3.13%

2.24%

*

0.49%

*

2.57%

0.48%

Services

0.88%

1.14%

1.03%

1.74%

1.16%

1.83%

1.01%

1.17%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.45%

0.82%

0.83%

0.78%

0.99%

0.58%

0.68%

0.35%

For profit, unincorporated

1.46%

1.63%

3.23%

3.31%

1.17%

1.24%

*

1.50%

1.16%

Nonprofit

1.10%

1.99%

3.06%

3.75%

1.90%

4.94%

*

1.69%

2.30%

Unknown

0.45%

*

*****

8.94%

*

*****

3.55%

*

0.34%

*

4.67%

*

0.44%

*

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.34%

1.51%

2.48%

2.57%

4.18%

*

4.93%

*

1.42%

1.90%

5-9 years

1.65%

1.49%

3.54%

2.09%

3.06%

5.30%

*

1.73%

2.18%

10-19 years

0.75%

1.26%

1.33%

1.42%

1.74%

1.67%

*

0.97%

1.13%

20 or more years

0.58%

0.88%

1.08%

0.90%

0.83%

0.98%

0.80%

0.47%

Unknown

0.59%

3.60%

*

7.57%

*

5.02%

1.00%

0.67%

4.00%

0.60%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.38%

7.14%

*

1.84%

0.78%

0.88%

0.58%

1.28%

0.42%

1 location only

0.53%

0.61%

0.60%

0.94%

1.42%

5.05%

0.57%

1.10%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.22%

2.42%

5.09%

7.96%

*

1.81%

1.91%

*

2.41%

1.03%

25-49%

1.06%

2.78%

3.45%

*

2.18%

2.00%

0.35%

*

1.92%

0.72%

50-74%

0.74%

1.59%

2.33%

1.38%

1.48%

0.51%

*

1.25%

0.86%

75% or more

0.51%

0.73%

0.65%

0.55%

1.00%

0.81%

0.66%

0.43%

Union presence

No union employees

0.48%

0.73%

0.59%

0.70%

0.71%

0.44%

0.66%

0.46%

Has union employees

1.56%

5.88%

4.94%

4.56%

2.15%

2.74%

2.28%

2.16%

Unknown

1.12%

4.51%

5.04%

*

9.69%

*

2.31%

*

0.89%

3.21%

0.77%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.60%

4.03%

3.23%

3.29%

1.76%

0.54%

*

2.35%

1.09%

Less than 50% low wage

0.54%

0.74%

0.67%

0.72%

0.88%

1.09%

0.68%

0.34%

Unknown

0.59%

3.52%

6.02%

*

4.99%

1.12%

0.55%

2.70%

0.45%

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.