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

__________

United States

27.4%

37.2%

31.7%

28.6%

20.7%

9.4%

35.2%

14.5%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

37.4%

40.5%

30.3%

*

36.2%

43.0%

*

7.3%

*

38.8%

27.4%

*

Mining

27.1%

48.5%

*

12.3%

*

51.4%

*

32.2%

*

12.4%

*

38.7%

18.3%

*

Construction

33.5%

33.6%

31.6%

36.4%

37.1%

24.9%

*

33.6%

32.8%

Manufacturing

25.2%

35.2%

25.0%

26.8%

18.4%

12.7%

30.6%

16.8%

Transp., commu., util.

32.7%

34.4%

28.4%

28.6%

25.3%

35.8%

31.8%

33.5%

Wholesale trade

29.8%

35.3%

40.5%

28.4%

22.6%

16.0%

36.3%

19.3%

Retail trade

14.4%

28.3%

22.0%

20.7%

10.9%

3.5%

25.5%

6.4%

Fin., ins., real est.

26.5%

42.7%

40.3%

36.0%

30.1%

6.6%

42.0%

12.8%

Services

32.7%

39.8%

35.2%

30.0%

23.0%

11.1%

38.2%

18.1%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

26.8%

38.8%

31.3%

27.7%

20.9%

10.0%

35.5%

14.4%

For profit, unincorporated

29.9%

32.2%

30.1%

25.8%

19.2%

8.6%

*

32.1%

14.2%

Nonprofit

32.7%

39.5%

35.8%

34.5%

21.2%

7.3%

38.5%

20.8%

Unknown

7.0%

16.0%

*

27.6%

*

25.9%

*

15.2%

*

5.1%

*

20.7%

*

6.6%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

33.1%

36.5%

27.6%

28.1%

19.7%

6.2%

34.5%

19.6%

5-9 years

32.7%

36.1%

31.5%

24.7%

22.1%

11.3%

*

34.0%

22.1%

10-19 years

33.4%

39.9%

30.3%

28.9%

16.1%

16.2%

36.8%

17.7%

20 or more years

28.4%

36.2%

33.8%

30.1%

23.1%

10.4%

35.0%

18.2%

Unknown

9.4%

10.5%

*

24.4%

*

12.7%

*

16.0%

8.5%

15.3%

*

9.2%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

16.0%

31.0%

31.6%

28.8%

20.2%

9.4%

32.2%

13.5%

1 location only

34.9%

37.3%

31.7%

28.4%

24.9%

24.1%

35.4%

25.0%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

24.4%

42.3%

25.3%

21.4%

14.5%

4.0%

*

35.9%

9.8%

25-49%

17.6%

33.0%

25.8%

24.5%

13.3%

2.8%

29.5%

7.8%

50-74%

24.9%

36.1%

29.0%

23.5%

20.8%

3.0%

33.5%

10.0%

75% or more

29.1%

37.4%

33.0%

30.3%

22.2%

12.2%

35.9%

16.9%

Union presence

No union employees

27.8%

37.1%

31.1%

27.8%

19.5%

6.2%

34.9%

13.3%

Has union employees

31.3%

48.9%

44.2%

45.8%

31.9%

20.2%

46.8%

23.7%

Unknown

16.0%

26.5%

25.3%

*

16.9%

*

26.5%

11.9%

25.2%

13.2%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

22.1%

33.0%

22.3%

19.9%

15.8%

3.1%

*

29.1%

11.3%

Less than 50% low wage

32.1%

37.9%

32.5%

30.0%

22.0%

13.0%

36.0%

20.0%

Unknown

10.8%

27.0%

21.5%

13.3%

*

17.3%

8.4%

24.2%

9.3%

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.

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

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United States

0.31%

0.97%

0.87%

0.97%

0.67%

0.55%

0.63%

0.42%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

4.12%

5.15%

10.46%

*

9.41%

13.17%

*

12.35%

*

4.20%

8.21%

*

Mining

5.36%

15.11%

*

4.16%

*

16.52%

*

12.54%

*

5.02%

*

10.01%

6.05%

*

Construction

1.41%

1.94%

2.94%

3.16%

6.01%

7.99%

*

1.49%

2.52%

Manufacturing

1.63%

4.00%

2.13%

3.15%

1.86%

2.06%

2.61%

1.05%

Transp., commu., util.

3.60%

5.05%

7.74%

5.36%

6.40%

6.10%

3.90%

4.60%

Wholesale trade

1.69%

4.74%

3.72%

2.99%

3.54%

2.95%

2.18%

1.72%

Retail trade

0.81%

2.63%

1.82%

1.90%

0.95%

0.42%

1.53%

0.34%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.61%

3.31%

4.14%

4.31%

4.17%

1.63%

2.64%

1.61%

Services

0.85%

1.78%

2.03%

1.46%

1.43%

1.70%

1.19%

1.05%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.24%

0.92%

0.84%

1.09%

1.32%

0.61%

0.50%

0.49%

For profit, unincorporated

1.29%

1.66%

3.00%

5.76%

4.55%

2.64%

*

1.37%

1.79%

Nonprofit

0.90%

2.47%

2.52%

1.72%

2.18%

2.08%

1.51%

1.24%

Unknown

1.80%

11.54%

*

8.94%

*

11.31%

*

4.89%

*

2.01%

*

8.01%

*

1.70%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.49%

2.16%

3.37%

2.31%

4.04%

1.69%

1.64%

2.27%

5-9 years

2.11%

2.88%

3.14%

2.27%

3.84%

5.80%

*

2.53%

2.01%

10-19 years

0.60%

1.23%

1.38%

1.72%

2.66%

4.55%

0.85%

1.94%

20 or more years

0.67%

1.18%

1.91%

1.46%

1.00%

1.27%

1.01%

0.73%

Unknown

0.58%

10.00%

*

11.00%

*

4.24%

*

1.98%

0.78%

6.41%

*

0.64%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.43%

5.32%

3.16%

1.32%

0.66%

0.56%

1.53%

0.47%

1 location only

0.66%

1.01%

1.03%

0.84%

1.92%

5.85%

0.67%

1.49%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.33%

4.42%

5.95%

4.39%

2.59%

2.08%

*

3.57%

1.72%

25-49%

1.38%

3.83%

3.48%

2.90%

2.58%

0.68%

2.69%

1.29%

50-74%

1.24%

2.07%

2.45%

3.67%

2.12%

0.55%

2.04%

0.75%

75% or more

0.47%

1.22%

1.05%

1.14%

0.92%

0.83%

0.83%

0.54%

Union presence

No union employees

0.43%

0.96%

0.91%

1.12%

0.96%

0.52%

0.66%

0.38%

Has union employees

1.60%

2.62%

6.41%

4.45%

4.84%

3.09%

2.87%

2.59%

Unknown

1.40%

5.46%

11.09%

*

6.08%

*

6.19%

1.79%

3.54%

1.61%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

2.17%

4.25%

4.49%

4.24%

2.94%

1.18%

*

3.14%

1.59%

Less than 50% low wage

0.38%

0.86%

1.06%

1.03%

0.79%

1.30%

0.60%

0.63%

Unknown

0.49%

2.67%

5.08%

4.62%

*

2.16%

0.62%

1.97%

0.48%

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.