Table I.A.2.c(1999) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for family coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

__________

United States

29.0%

48.5%

31.8%

18.8%

8.3%

7.2%

41.3%

8.6%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

47.6%

56.1%

32.7%

24.4%

*

21.7%

*

15.4%

*

51.3%

19.2%

*

Mining

29.5%

72.7%

12.3%

*

27.7%

*

32.7%

*

13.7%

*

41.0%

*

20.7%

*

Construction

46.3%

52.4%

41.4%

34.4%

27.0%

1.8%

*

47.7%

29.7%

Manufacturing

24.7%

39.7%

32.5%

17.1%

11.6%

10.3%

32.7%

12.2%

Transp., commu., util.

32.6%

49.2%

30.3%

22.9%

11.7%

28.5%

41.2%

25.0%

Wholesale trade

30.9%

51.0%

38.0%

19.4%

9.2%

10.6%

43.5%

10.5%

Retail trade

17.0%

44.0%

27.0%

16.9%

5.2%

2.3%

35.0%

4.0%

Fin., ins., real est.

21.5%

43.9%

32.0%

14.9%

7.7%

*

5.2%

38.4%

6.7%

Services

33.3%

49.3%

29.5%

16.5%

7.6%

9.0%

42.5%

8.7%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

27.3%

48.7%

30.2%

19.1%

9.2%

7.8%

40.0%

9.1%

For profit, unincorporated

37.3%

43.5%

34.8%

17.4%

7.8%

2.2%

*

41.5%

7.1%

Nonprofit

36.3%

59.0%

40.3%

18.2%

6.3%

13.7%

*

49.3%

9.8%

Unknown

1.3%

12.8%

*

*****

*****

1.6%

*

1.1%

7.6%

*

1.2%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

35.4%

41.6%

27.2%

19.5%

8.4%

*

5.7%

*

37.9%

11.4%

5-9 years

36.1%

46.7%

23.9%

14.6%

11.6%

11.7%

*

39.2%

12.1%

10-19 years

35.8%

49.4%

29.0%

19.4%

7.2%

13.5%

*

41.2%

11.2%

20 or more years

30.8%

52.8%

37.9%

19.8%

9.4%

8.1%

44.2%

10.1%

Unknown

6.3%

19.6%

*

18.7%

*

9.2%

*

3.5%

*

6.3%

17.7%

*

6.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

9.9%

32.6%

27.0%

16.0%

7.3%

7.1%

23.9%

7.8%

1 location only

41.5%

48.9%

32.6%

20.9%

16.2%

18.6%

43.0%

17.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

30.2%

57.3%

41.3%

24.1%

6.2%

*

1.7%

*

50.1%

5.3%

*

25-49%

22.3%

56.0%

35.6%

17.9%

6.7%

*

1.1%

*

44.4%

4.1%

50-74%

27.4%

46.5%

30.6%

17.1%

6.6%

2.7%

40.3%

4.8%

75% or more

30.0%

48.0%

31.3%

18.9%

9.1%

9.5%

40.9%

10.3%

Union presence

No union employees

29.4%

48.0%

30.6%

17.0%

6.5%

4.0%

40.6%

6.4%

Has union employees

36.7%

67.6%

57.7%

45.6%

29.7%

22.4%

60.7%

24.8%

Unknown

14.2%

44.7%

28.8%

24.8%

*

8.7%

5.7%

41.0%

6.1%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

29.9%

52.7%

28.9%

24.7%

5.5%

2.9%

*

44.9%

6.8%

Less than 50% low wage

33.9%

48.1%

32.4%

18.4%

9.5%

10.7%

41.1%

11.4%

Unknown

9.5%

50.8%

16.0%

*

15.0%

3.8%

6.1%

40.5%

6.0%

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.c(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for family coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

0.47%

1.14%

1.03%

1.11%

0.73%

0.61%

0.78%

0.30%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

4.00%

5.36%

9.65%

8.69%

*

11.77%

*

13.61%

*

4.82%

6.81%

*

Mining

6.77%

18.80%

4.16%

*

15.30%

*

12.21%

*

9.03%

*

14.19%

*

7.64%

*

Construction

2.00%

2.81%

3.34%

4.19%

5.89%

0.78%

*

2.27%

3.94%

Manufacturing

1.37%

3.63%

4.01%

2.47%

1.30%

1.78%

2.22%

0.87%

Transp., commu., util.

2.11%

4.71%

5.37%

6.57%

3.31%

6.23%

3.35%

3.76%

Wholesale trade

2.22%

5.61%

5.95%

3.14%

2.67%

2.47%

3.26%

1.83%

Retail trade

0.83%

1.90%

2.10%

0.87%

1.08%

0.53%

1.12%

0.56%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.50%

3.60%

5.37%

4.20%

2.52%

*

1.11%

2.51%

0.98%

Services

0.80%

1.11%

1.32%

1.65%

1.08%

1.75%

0.93%

0.84%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.46%

1.36%

1.09%

1.29%

0.58%

0.73%

0.73%

0.43%

For profit, unincorporated

1.25%

1.52%

4.48%

3.49%

1.72%

1.29%

*

1.35%

1.63%

Nonprofit

1.80%

2.85%

3.06%

2.50%

1.74%

4.37%

*

1.98%

1.92%

Unknown

0.34%

13.55%

*

*****

*****

0.95%

*

0.32%

10.15%

*

0.33%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.88%

1.97%

2.97%

2.78%

4.22%

*

3.77%

*

2.03%

2.42%

5-9 years

1.36%

1.66%

3.56%

2.00%

3.22%

6.03%

*

1.30%

1.98%

10-19 years

1.20%

2.42%

1.73%

1.75%

1.33%

4.61%

*

1.63%

1.58%

20 or more years

0.61%

1.78%

1.64%

1.69%

1.07%

1.07%

1.14%

0.67%

Unknown

0.74%

10.35%

*

12.84%

*

3.19%

*

1.06%

*

0.88%

6.18%

*

0.79%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.39%

5.81%

3.64%

1.52%

0.84%

0.61%

1.58%

0.36%

1 location only

0.77%

1.19%

1.32%

0.86%

2.23%

4.87%

0.84%

1.60%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.50%

3.88%

6.99%

3.90%

2.63%

*

1.16%

*

2.96%

1.65%

*

25-49%

2.24%

4.61%

6.04%

3.17%

2.07%

*

0.38%

*

3.69%

0.78%

50-74%

1.30%

1.61%

2.38%

2.83%

1.31%

0.58%

1.35%

0.93%

75% or more

0.60%

1.46%

1.41%

1.05%

0.64%

0.87%

0.96%

0.52%

Union presence

No union employees

0.59%

1.20%

1.08%

1.06%

0.63%

0.39%

0.83%

0.38%

Has union employees

2.31%

4.23%

3.29%

4.32%

3.89%

3.78%

3.04%

2.86%

Unknown

1.16%

6.87%

7.52%

9.86%

*

2.20%

0.80%

4.31%

0.68%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

2.38%

4.57%

3.53%

3.88%

0.99%

1.84%

*

3.32%

1.08%

Less than 50% low wage

0.51%

1.17%

1.14%

1.07%

0.85%

1.37%

0.77%

0.73%

Unknown

0.85%

4.20%

6.22%

*

4.19%

0.81%

0.75%

2.70%

0.64%

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.